Oh my God, they are going to kill someone’

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Oh my God, they are going to kill someone’


Published: July 12, 2009 | Source: hometownannapolis.com | Leave a Comment
Man struggles to put life together after crash

What they remember most are the sounds.

For Evan Cronhardt, it was the sound of his life changing forever.

For Naval Academy police officer Cpl. Kelly Kuhn,it was the sound that triggered her fears.

On April 10, 2008, Cronhardt, 23, was on his way to a tanning salon when he began the usually mundane task of making a left turn in his Jeep Wrangler from eastbound Quarterfield Road to Landmark Drive in Glen Burnie.

At the same time, William Bolasky, 28, approached the intersection westbound in then-girlfriend Lisa Wise’s Honda Civic. After tailgating a large white Jeep, according to Kuhn, Bolasky switchedlanes just before the intersection. Bolasky was racing another car, Kuhn said. She knew immediately, from the sound, there was trouble ahead.

“It was just one of those weird things. I was coming out of the gym and just by the sound of the cars I knew they were going too fast,” Kuhn said.

“And just by looking at them I thought, ‘Oh my God, they are going to kill someone.’ ”

Just then, Bolasky plowed into the rear passenger-side tire of Cronhardt’s Wrangler, ejecting him from the vehicle before it rolled over on top of him. Kuhn saw the Civic disappear behind a van before hearing the crash and seeing the wheels of Cronhardt’s Wrangler come over the van.

Cronhardt remembers a different sound.

“I fell on the ground and tried to lift my head and the Jeep fell on top of me at the same time, and I could hear my spinal cord and neck snap. I went numb and like all tingly,” Cronhardt said.

“The whole sound of me getting crushed, I don’t know, I can’t explain it. It just grosses me out every time I think about it.”

According to charging documents and his own testimony to his girlfriend’s insurance company, Bolasky was unlicensed and uninsured at the time. He did have a learner’s permit.

Police determined Cronhardt to be at fault for failing to yield while making a left turn.

“Evan didn’t see anyone in the right-hand lane heading (westbound) and thought he could get by the white Jeep,” Kuhn said. “But the guy in the silver car (Bolasky) was behind the white Jeep, so when (Bolasky) switched to the right lane and sped up at the last second, he didn’t see Evan making the turn, and that would put them both at the point of impact.”

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