Support System Important for Sauk Rapids Teen
KVSC News Director Chris Duffy interviews a family friend of Jeff Hinkemeyer. In May of 2009, Hinkemeyer was rear-ended by another vehicle as he was waiting to pull in to his apartment complex and was airlifted to a hospital after his car exploded with him inside. Suffering from third degree burns on 90 percent of his body, Hinkemeyer was put in an induced coma. Kim, a friend of the Hinkemeyer family is organizing a spaghetti dinner and silent auction to raise funds for medical expenses. Kim gives us some insight into the type of individual Jeff is and about his struggles since the accident.