Woman Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury After Partial Building Collapse In Covington, Kentucky Historical District

A 42-year-old Kentucky woman was one of four injured when bricks and debris fell from a building while they were chaperoning a field trip with 20 eighth graders who were learning about charitable outreach. The woman suffered a traumatic brain injury and doctors are unsure if she will ever walk again. The three other chaperones were injured, but not as severe. None of the students were injured.

Although the woman’s prognosis remains unclear, but her husband said she is slowly making progress. Just a month ago, she could not recognize him or their two children. Recently, the woman spoke her first words since the accident and is now able to sit up. “To get the diagnosis of her being a paraplegic is difficult, but losing her mind is the most difficult to deal with because you're losing the person,” her husband said during an exclusive interview. “To see her come back, and be able to communicate and recognize her family … We've learned to celebrate really small wins.”

Roofers had been working atop the century-old Steffen's Tool Rental building, although Covington Fire Chief Dan Mathew said that work may not be related to the collapse. It had been raining, but that doesn’t appear to be a contributing factor. Why the block of bricks came crashing down is still unknown, yet it does raise questions about building inspections in Covington. The site of the collapse is part of the Pike Street Historic Preservation Overlay zone in Covington.  Most of the buildings were constructed between 1860 and 1890. Covington City Manager Larry Klein says even though the building in question is more than 100 years old, Covington has no record of it ever being inspected by code enforcement officials.

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