Follow-Up To Last Week
Below is a follow-up article from the Tulsa World:
School rallies to aid injured choir teacher
RECOVERY Michael David Shimp: He faces six to eight weeks in a wheelchair after being hurt in the Nov. 6 crash
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By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer 11/15/2008Last Modified: 11/15/2008 3:13 AM
Concession sales and other efforts will help the teacher's family.
OWASSO — A chorus of sadness has descended upon the Sixth Grade Center, which is rallying around a vocal music teacher who was seriously injured last week in a multicar crash in Tulsa. Michael David Shimp, 31, of Tulsa is recovering at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa from an injury to his spleen and numerous broken bones and dislocations, his wife, Mandy Shimp, said Friday.
He could spend six to eight weeks in a wheelchair, she said. The nighttime collision Nov. 6 was caused by a woman who was driving with a suspended license and without her headlights on, according to a crash report filed by Tulsa police.
Mandy Shimp said: "We've been blessed by the support that everybody has given us, especially the Owasso community, specifically the students and the staff. It has really gotten us through this really hard time." The couple, who have been married for 2 1/2 years, have an 18-month-old son.
Concessions proceeds from a Sixth Grade Center dance on Friday night are to benefit Shimp, who is in his second year teaching at the school. Also, students who contribute a dollar toward the cause next week will be able to do such things as chew gum or wear crazy hats or pajama pants, Principal Kira Kelsey said. Also, the Owasso Community Choir plans to give the Shimps a portion of its profits from a Dec. 7 concert. Kelsey said Shimp is "just a great, great guy and wonderful with the kids. We just feel like because of his dedication to his profession that we need to give back to them."
The three-car collision happened about 7 p.m. near 21st Street and Harvard Avenue. Marian Louise Sanders, 57, of Tulsa was traveling east on 21st Street in a 1996 Pontiac when her car veered into the westbound lanes and struck Shimp's 2000 Saturn, a police report shows. A second westbound car was damaged in the crash, but that driver was uninjured, records show.
Sanders, who has been discharged from St. John Medical Center, received tickets for driving left of center, having a suspended license, not having vehicle insurance verification and having an expired license tag, reports show. She told police she is diabetic, has a bad heart and was hospitalized for heart problems two months ago.
A witness who was driving behind Sanders said Sanders' car swerved between lanes before striking Shimp's. Another witness said Sanders' headlights were off.
Three days before the collision, Sanders was cited for disobeying a traffic control device and improper license tag display at 6500 E. Admiral Place in Tulsa, records show.
On Feb. 5, 1999, she was arrested in Tulsa for driving with a suspended or revoked license and having no proof of insurance, records show.
Ten years earlier, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol cited Sanders for driving without a valid license and without insurance verification, records show.
Last week's crash left Shimp with a lacerated spleen and dislocations and fractures of his left ankle and elbow, his wife said. He also has fractures to his right foot and kneecap and two broken bones in his right wrist, she said. "She's just going to get a slap on the wrist for this, apparently," Mandy Shimp said of Sanders. "We're really frustrated that she almost killed my husband and yet she's going to get back in this car. She's probably in her car right now driving.
"We need to find a law or something. There should be some consequences for actions like this."
A message for Sanders, left with a woman who described herself as Sanders' sister, wasn't immediately returned.
Tracy Darst, a science teacher at the Sixth Grade Center, said she misses having Shimp around. The pair are lunch buddies who share a love of music, she said. "Just like with any other line of work, you gravitate toward people who are like yourself," Darst said. "He is just one of those kind of people We just sort of hit it off with a friendship."
Rhett Morgan 581-8395 rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
Fund establishedA fund has been set up for the Shimp family at RCB Bank of Owasso, 11633 E. 86th Place North. The bank’s phone number is 274- 1450.
By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
School rallies to aid injured choir teacher
RECOVERY Michael David Shimp: He faces six to eight weeks in a wheelchair after being hurt in the Nov. 6 crash
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By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer 11/15/2008Last Modified: 11/15/2008 3:13 AM
Concession sales and other efforts will help the teacher's family.
OWASSO — A chorus of sadness has descended upon the Sixth Grade Center, which is rallying around a vocal music teacher who was seriously injured last week in a multicar crash in Tulsa. Michael David Shimp, 31, of Tulsa is recovering at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa from an injury to his spleen and numerous broken bones and dislocations, his wife, Mandy Shimp, said Friday.
He could spend six to eight weeks in a wheelchair, she said. The nighttime collision Nov. 6 was caused by a woman who was driving with a suspended license and without her headlights on, according to a crash report filed by Tulsa police.
Mandy Shimp said: "We've been blessed by the support that everybody has given us, especially the Owasso community, specifically the students and the staff. It has really gotten us through this really hard time." The couple, who have been married for 2 1/2 years, have an 18-month-old son.
Concessions proceeds from a Sixth Grade Center dance on Friday night are to benefit Shimp, who is in his second year teaching at the school. Also, students who contribute a dollar toward the cause next week will be able to do such things as chew gum or wear crazy hats or pajama pants, Principal Kira Kelsey said. Also, the Owasso Community Choir plans to give the Shimps a portion of its profits from a Dec. 7 concert. Kelsey said Shimp is "just a great, great guy and wonderful with the kids. We just feel like because of his dedication to his profession that we need to give back to them."
The three-car collision happened about 7 p.m. near 21st Street and Harvard Avenue. Marian Louise Sanders, 57, of Tulsa was traveling east on 21st Street in a 1996 Pontiac when her car veered into the westbound lanes and struck Shimp's 2000 Saturn, a police report shows. A second westbound car was damaged in the crash, but that driver was uninjured, records show.
Sanders, who has been discharged from St. John Medical Center, received tickets for driving left of center, having a suspended license, not having vehicle insurance verification and having an expired license tag, reports show. She told police she is diabetic, has a bad heart and was hospitalized for heart problems two months ago.
A witness who was driving behind Sanders said Sanders' car swerved between lanes before striking Shimp's. Another witness said Sanders' headlights were off.
Three days before the collision, Sanders was cited for disobeying a traffic control device and improper license tag display at 6500 E. Admiral Place in Tulsa, records show.
On Feb. 5, 1999, she was arrested in Tulsa for driving with a suspended or revoked license and having no proof of insurance, records show.
Ten years earlier, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol cited Sanders for driving without a valid license and without insurance verification, records show.
Last week's crash left Shimp with a lacerated spleen and dislocations and fractures of his left ankle and elbow, his wife said. He also has fractures to his right foot and kneecap and two broken bones in his right wrist, she said. "She's just going to get a slap on the wrist for this, apparently," Mandy Shimp said of Sanders. "We're really frustrated that she almost killed my husband and yet she's going to get back in this car. She's probably in her car right now driving.
"We need to find a law or something. There should be some consequences for actions like this."
A message for Sanders, left with a woman who described herself as Sanders' sister, wasn't immediately returned.
Tracy Darst, a science teacher at the Sixth Grade Center, said she misses having Shimp around. The pair are lunch buddies who share a love of music, she said. "Just like with any other line of work, you gravitate toward people who are like yourself," Darst said. "He is just one of those kind of people We just sort of hit it off with a friendship."
Rhett Morgan 581-8395 rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
Fund establishedA fund has been set up for the Shimp family at RCB Bank of Owasso, 11633 E. 86th Place North. The bank’s phone number is 274- 1450.
By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
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