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started bike riding, he did not wear a
helmet.
However, one day when he was out
on a leisurely ride, Baldwin said, he
came within 8 inches of colliding with
a large oak tree.
“Since then. I’ve formed a reli
gious attachment to bicycle helmets,”
Baldwin said. “They’re vital if you
crash. They make the difference of
whether you live or die.”
Linda Rizijs, nursing director at
the University Health Center, said
Beginning midnight Saturday
1:52 a.m. — Accident, one persor
transported to detoxification center
parking lot at University Vending
10th and U streets, $250.
3:36 a.m. — Hit-and-run accident
parking lot at Sandra Hall, $150.
8:00 a.m. — Car window broken
parking lot at 16th and Y streets
S200.
8:21 a.m. — Illegal use of computer
Administration Building.
9:29 a.m. — Non-student pulled fire
alarm, one person cited, Nebraska
Center forContinuing Education, 33rd
and Holdrcgc streets.
3:22 p.m. — Car window broken
parking lot at 16th and Y streets
$200.
10:40 p.m. — Person with back in
jury, transported to Bryan Memorial
Hospital by Eastern Ambulance,
Devancy Sports Center.
10:40 p.m. — Exit sign and ceiling
damaged, Burr Hall, $50.
very few students who came into the
center for treatment for bicycle inju
ries wore helmets.
“I’ve only seen one case where a
man being treated for bike injuries
had a helmet,” Rizijs said.
Most of the injured bikers who go
to the health center are not suffering
from head injuries, she said.
“However, there is always a good
possibility of sustaining one if a per
son does not wear a helmet.”
Jill Heins, injury prevention coor
dinator for the Lincoln-Lancaster
County Health Department, said 635
Lancaster County residents sought
hospital care as a result of bicycle
POLICE REPORT
Beginning midnight Sunday
2:24 a.m. — Robbery, 19th and Vine
streets, $5.
4:47 a.m. — Mirrors broken, Abel
Hall, $175.
Beginning midnight Monday
3:05 a.m.—Accident, Wick Alumni
Center, $150.
9:10 a.m.—Accident, metered park
ing lot at Nebraska Union, $100.
9:40a.m.—Wallet stolen,City Cam
pus, $12.
10:44 a.m. — Stcrco/vidco cassette
recorder stolen, Harper Hall, $887.
1:59 p.m. — Non-injury accident,
Stewart Seed Laboratory, S2(X).
2:22 p.m.—Bike stolen, Avery Hall,
SI,515.
3:22 p.m. — Antennae broken, park
ing lot at 1640 Y St., SI00.
3:37 p.m.—Bike stolen, Cathcr Hall,
$125.
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injuries in 1991.
“In this county, 20 percent of the
bicycle injuries were diagnosed as
open head wounds,” Heins said.
Bicycle helmets can reduce head
injuries by up to 95 percent and the
risk of brain injury by almost 90 per
cent, she said.
Heins said that because of the risk
associated with helmctlcss riding, the
LincoIn-LancastcrCounty Injury Pre
vention Coalition decided to sponsor
the Keep A Head, Wear A Helmet
campaign.
The campaign, which began
Wednesday, will run through June,
she said.
4:45 p.m. — S20 loss, Burnett Hall.
8:34 p.m.— Money stolen from purse,
non-student arrested at Amigos, 14th
and Q streets.
9:17 p.m. — Tail light broken/roof
damaged, parking lot at Sandoz Hall,
SI 00.
10:33 p.m. — Stcreo/radar detector
stolen, Farmhouse Fraternity, 3601
Apple St., S240.
Beginning midnight Tuesday
12:33 p.m.—Fence damaged, Sigma
Nu Fraternity, 625 N. 16lh St., SI50.
1:55 p.m. — Bike stolen, Ferguson
Hall, $100.
3:32 p.m. — Backpack stolen, Ne
braska Union, $45.
3:40 p.m. — Hit-and-run accident,
parking lot at 19th and T streets,
SI,200.
4:34 p.m. — Backpack stolen, Ne
braska Union, $75.
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