Thursday, February 21, 2013
Daniel Vanderhoof sent a family of four people to the hospital when he crashed into their home on Comanche Trail; he'll be sentenced April 11
The man who sent a Mentor family of four to the hospital when he crashed into their home pleaded guity to two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and one count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated Thursday in Lake County Court of Common Pleas, according to The News-Herald. Daniel Vanderhoof Jr., 28, of Willoughby, faces up to 16 1/2 years in prison when Judge Eugene Lucci sentences him on April 11. According to prosecutors, Vanderhoof was speeding and his blood-alcohol limit was more than twice the legal limit of .08 when he crashed into Blare-Lukasiewicz family's house on Comanche Trail in the middle of the night on December 9. The entire family -- father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare, 3-year-old son Christopher …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
The benefit for the Lukasiewicz and Blare family will be Feb. 16 at the LaMalfa Centre
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Wednesday, January 16
The family and friends of the Lukasiewicz and Blare family are holding to a fundraiser to help get them back on their feet. They lost many of their possessions -- including their house, which will need to be rebuilt -- when a man drove a car into their home on Comanche Trail. The benefit will be 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the LaMalfa Centre in Mentor. Tickets cost $45 for adults and $10 for children. The evening includes a sit-down dinner, desserts, entertainment, Chinese auction and raffles. The event page on Facebook has some additional details. Anyone who wants tickets can call 440-221-8606. Similarly, anyone who wants to donate an auction prize should call 440-602-2026. The entire family -- father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare…
Friday, January 11, 2013
Mentor firefighters rescued the Lukasiewicz and Blare family when a man drove his car into their home on Comanche Trail
The last time the Mentor firefighters saw 3-year-old Christopher Lukasiewicz, they were pulling a car off of him. A man had driven his car into his family's home on Comanche Trail in the middle of the night on December 9. His father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare, him and 18-month-old daughter Cassy Lukasiewicz all needed to be taken to the hospital. And, while everyone survived, both the older and younger Chrisophers had very serious injuries. Fortunately, when the firefighters saw the Lukasiewicz and Blare family Thursday at Mentor Fire Station 5, it was under much better circumstances. And young Christopher, instead of being in the back of an ambulance, got to sit in the driver's seat of the fire truck. The firefighters -- …
Monday, December 17, 2012
The 3-year-old boy who was hospitalized after a car crashed into his home is still at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Daniel Vanderhoof Jr. -- the man accused of driving into a house on Comanche Trail and sending four people, including two young children, to the hospital -- appeared Monday in Mentor Municipal Court. Vanderhoof, 28, of Willoughby, faces four charges of aggravated vehicular assault. He is also accused of drunken driving, driving without a license, reckless operation and fleeing the scene of a crash. Because he faces felonies, Vanderhoof's case cannot be heard in Mentor Municipal Court. Instead, it was bound over to Lake County Court of Common Pleas. While in court, Vanderhoof apologized to the family whose house he hit with a car. "I am so sorry," he said, according to The News-Herald. Meanwhile, the family that was hospitalized continues …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Both Huntington and Lake National Banks have started funds to help the family that was hospitalized when a car crashed into their home
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Friday, December 14, 2012
Two banks have started funds to help the Lukasiewicz-Blare family, whose home was destroyed when a car crashed into it Sunday. Both Lake National Bank and Huntington National Bank have set up accounts and are accepting donations. In the early morning hours of Sunday, a man crashed into their home on Comanche Trail, sending father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare, 3-year-old son Christopher Lukasiewicz Jr. and 18-month-old daughter Cassy Lukasiewicz to the hospital. Since then, the family members have been recovering, said Natilee Blare, Tonya's mother. Tonya Blare and Cassy are home from the hospital. Christopher Lukasiewicz Jr. is still at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. He is sitting up and eating on his own. However, he…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Lukasiewicz-Blare family still has a long road to recovery after a driver crashed his car into their home
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
For the Lukasiewicz and Blare family, any good news is balanced against the totality of the hardship they have suffered and continue to suffer. In the early morning hours of Sunday, a man crashed into their home on Comanche Trail, sending father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare, 3-year-old son Christopher Lukasiewicz Jr. and 18-month-old daughter Cassy Lukasiewicz to the hospital. Blare had least severe injuries and was released from the hospital the same day. The good news is that Cassy was able to come home from Rainbow Babies & Children's hospital Tuesday, said Natilee Blare, Tonya's mother. "She just got home so she's groggy but, otherwise, she's OK," Natilee Blare said. Unfortunately, her brother and father are still …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Family says a trust will be set up to help the Lukasiewicz-Blare family get back on their feet.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Natilee Blare offered updates on her family members' recovery Monday morning. Early Sunday morning, a driver crashed into the home that Blare owns on Comanche Trail in Mentor. The car ran over her son-in-law Christopher Lukasiewicz Sr. and her 3-year-old grandson Christopher Lukasiewicz Jr. The older Christopher has several broken bones throughout his body but he is in stable condition at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. The family doesn't expect him to get out of the hospital for three weeks, Blare said. The younger Christopher was in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital. However, he is improving, Blare said. He is showing signs of consciousness and doctors plan to remove his …
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3:50 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013
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