What an idiot! This idiot passed me going at least 120mph weaving through 3 lanes of traffic. Hes lucky hes not dead and didnt kill any else..

It doesn't sound like he was using his best judgement Steve, but he is still loved by so many people and they are all hoping and praying for him to overcome this. Try being respectful, regardless of how you feel, because he is a son, a father, a friend, and so much more to the people that love him.

Because I knew how stupid this was I was just waiting for someone to say negative things about him. People make mistakes and hopefully this will be a wakeup call for him but he doesn't need ANYONE trash talking his poor decision, all he needs at this very moment is prayers that he survives. He is very lucky that he didn't die and that no one else did either but he is still fighting for his life, and it is not like he is just going to walk away from this with his hands clean. He will have a lot of recovery and scars to remind him of this for the rest of his life. As the article stated he got a DUI and is facing other charges. Drinking and driving is serious and so is speeding, but let's not bicker and dwell, let us be thankful that no lives we lost and keep those that need us in our positive thoughts and prayers. Mookey I'm so sorry, I can't imagine what you are going thru, I'm here if you wana text or call me.

since my stuff got taken off steve just keep my brothers name out of ur mouth

I don't mean any disrespect to you or your family, mookey, but Steve W does have a point. Your brother is lucky to be alive right now and lucky he didn't kill anyone with his lapse in judgement.

I feel bad for the trucker and all of us that were sitting in the 55 parking lot that night. Not for the drunk driving tho. I know you all are gonna hate on me and talk back but I don't really care. All these kids these days think they are invincible when it comes to drinking and driving and do not take other people's lives into account. If this kid does pull through and live he needs to spend some time in prison. Maybe if it was next to impossible to get your life back after a dui people wouldn't be out on the roads shit faced. But hey it is what it is and it is not like there are a lack of people. The planet could stand to lose a few hundered million people at the least.

Ok ENOUGH!!!!!! I do not know Eli, but I do know some of his good friends. Look, to everyone who thinks they can cast a judgement.... WOW... it must be great being perfect your whole life!!!! I thought only God was perfect..... Stop and THINK before you post something horrible on here.. This IS the internet & all commenst stay forever. A family is in pain right now & the last thing they need to read is someone putting in their two cents JUSt because they feel the need to look down on someone. Everyone makes mistakes & nobody is perfect. So, let's all be civil & peaceful & instead of cutting this poor guy down, let's be positive & wish him & his loved ones all the best..... Lord knows he is in enough pain..... Hopefully he makes it through. Sending love & thoughts to the family!!!

@ Steve..... I see how upset you are & I am sure it is due to either something you did in your past or something bad that has happened to someone in your life. With that said...... Jail is a horrible place to be in, it actuallly makes people harder & doesn't really do anything positive. Maybe you should say instead of jail, volunteer at MADD and see what effects this has on the lives of others......
That would have a more possitive response/reaction & most likely make an impact on this guy...... Ok, enough said.... Just please STOP all the negativity!!!

thanks karen

Sending love..... If you guys need anything..... Ashley knows how to get ahold of me. Best wishes to you all

My brother dj was the second truck driver that went off the road and put out the engine fire in your brother's car and he's lucky to be alive

OK everyone!!!!!! This is in no way shape or form helping the situation!! I dont know this young man nor anyone involved. I do know that no one & I mean no one is perfect!! People all over the world take a risk getting behind the wheel of a car when they'v had too much to drink...how about blame sharing whoever let him get in his car to drive in the condition he was in.. I'm sure he wasnt drinking alone!! I see all the time people will put others in a vehicle or even on a motorcycle to let them go! Sorry Steve that you had to sit in traffic for a bit while the accident was cleaned up...while sitting there you could'v been the bigger person & said a prayer for all involved instead of getting on here & bashing him! Being it was Valentines Day did you go out for dinner or other & have a few drinks & get in your car & drive? Most likely half the traffic was in that state! Now go about your day & hopefully you can find that you should be thankful it was not you or anyone you know & say a prayer for only & I mean ONY God knows why this happened!!! My prayers go out to the young man his family & friends.............

Okay..... I was the first person on the scene.... I ran to find that fire extinguisher. I sprinted to call the police. I helped direct traffic. My friend was the one that broke the glass and helped get the blood out of his mouth so he could breathe. I was one of the cars that were passed by this kids impala ss... If i hadn't scooped from the left lane to the center lane when i did, my 3 friends and i would be most certainly critical or dead. I also got the entire footage on film.. I do not sympathize for this kid... I sympathize for his family that he has put through this but in no way does the fact that his "one brief lack in judgement" justify the justice this kid should face. Community service, major driving school and AA meetings... Massive fines and fees are a good start. If he had struck my car and hurt anyone of my friends I'd sew him for everything he had. No sympathy for him... Just his family.

Does anyone know the condition of the driver of the truck... My prayers go out to him as well.

I doubt the truck driver had much, if any damage at all... It was a semi with two trailers and only a little damage to the back bumper... But i don't know for sure

pam o thanks for saying that

why cant u be a man and say who u are

Please remove notification to my email from this story, Its SERIOUSLY out of hand! Why isnt the Patch watching/flagging/removing these idiotic and foul mouthed comments! I sat in the hr and half traffic back up, it was a MESS.....but seriously you all bring your drama HERE?? UGH!

Comments with swearing, abbreviated and otherwise, have been deleted.

^^^ like I said...

its funny how u can say all this stuff behind a fake name but ur notman enough to say who u really are

All of you are disgusting. Who fights over soneone who clearly is paying for his actions in critical condition a hospital bed?
Friends of Eli or not, let him and his family have their peace though a seriously difficult time.
Drunk or not, if it was your family member or friend, you would not point fingers or judge.

It makes me sick that the people that just want to be there for him and are hurting by what happened have had to read all of these things. Mookey, Chris and all of those who feel like family to him and then Heartly his sister, I can't imagine being your shoes and then to have to read these things. I strongly believe that the comments should be turned off on this article, all it is doing is hurting people and stirring up unnecessary anger. So sad.

i agree.

i want to start by saying that God is going to help me write this blog to all of you whom think that they know Eli, chris, mookey, Nikki, Heartley and Mary. For sixteen years I have loved Mary and her family. Eli is my son.................. None of you know what Eli has gone through and if you say you do your a coward full if lies. I will not step down to your pitiful level we will rise above you! Remember your judgement day will come and I will pray for you because you are scum of the earth. My hands are shaking because I'm applaud at your heartless comments. Show respect, your not a man or a woman just trash.

hey "you drunken fool" no comment thats what I thought so just shut your mouth and know the facts before you judge. Trash is actually to good of a name for you. Just stop your talk and we all need to focus on the Amant Family with prayers I wiil start a pray chain for the healing for you because I think you might need it more.

Where were all these family and friends who are defending a drunk driver as somebody who "made a mistake", when he needed a ride home? Driving drunk is not a new issue that is just coming out and should not be treated as "just a mistake". Forgetting to file your income taxes for 5 years is a "mistake".Or is it?

to all of you with your nasty comments please keep them to yourself all this is doing is upsetting to many freinds and family that only want to focus to Elijah and his family at this time right now all we need is prayers and lots of them. so grow up be and act like adult because these comments just show how immature you really are. Yes your aloud to speak your mind thats called the freedom of speech. But do this kind of trash talking somewhere else show respect and class. All of you please stop and realize who this is actually hurting and takiing focus away from. Elijah needs help, and we all must listen and be there for him because will Love him. Remember NO one is perfect except for your {our} GOD. We all somewhere have made mistakes big and small people do get second chances and sometimes even more. So, again please respect others feelings at this time we need to heal. Thank you

i agree momma

Some of us take offense to our country being referred to with the F word... I am a veteran who served 9 years in the Army... I have many friends who are serving as well...

Dawn..... May peace & love be with all of you. Who cares who these idiots are on here saying stuff. They have not walked a mile in Eli's shoes.
Hoping for the best
Xoxo

Wow!!! Where are all the adults? I searched for this accident online because I helped put the engine fire out and I wanted to know if the guy in the car was ok. I never expected this kind of "discussion". It's good to know he's out of the hospital and God help him learn a lesson from this. Thankfully no-one else was hurt, so why argue about what might have been? Might I add that calling someone an idiot isn't passing judgement...if you're going off what Scripture says then we are not to judge a person's worth. Name calling doesn't fit that bill. I called him and idiot or worse when I was doing 70 and he flew past me like I was standing still. Also, prison time, or the threat of it, really doesn't stop anyone from doing anything so, tho I'm sure he's going to get at least jail time, fines and AA or whatever, it's up to him to take that time to change for better or worse. Thanks to the truck driver who helped with the fire, thanks to the guy that used the u-bolt to break out the window and get into the car, and thanks to those who helped keep the guy breathing. Everyone did what common decency calls for and that gives me some small hope for this seemingly more and more God-forsaken country of ours.

Wow, what a bunch of morons, all of you! Drinking and driving is the worst thing someone can do, and enabling it makes it that much worser. What if somebody else had been injured....jeesh you all make it sound like its okay.

Obviously its not ok but he's hanging on for his life right now.. Everyone needs to get over it bc clearly he's paying for what he did.

to drunken fool! Call me and my daughter white trash I dont care bc you will pay the price when your day comes. You are the looser and one day when we meet face to face i'll laugh. I 'll pray for you because I really feel sorry for your parents having a child like you. Please dont call me Dawn to you Im Mrs. zabransky. {White Trash} and proud of it............how can i be white trash when im not afraid to stand face to face to ur disgusting mouth ur such a small person with you think you can talk the talk but you cant walk the walk. I actually just found out who u are. We talk soon.

A lot of immaturity here! Inciting violence... what next... please stop threatening people. DF... Grow up, personal attacks are not necessary!

^Lol Yea sure am as he's making fun of someone being a vegetable for the rest of their life

WOW!! I just read all the comments and it's heart breaking that some people are SO heartless. Mr Drunken Fool, no one is perfect and God gave the word FORGIVENESS for everyone to use when we've made a mistake. Wether it's small or big!! Eli is my niece's boyfriend' best friend!! Along with Mookey and others. Just becuz he made a big mistake gives you NO right to attack and be SO harsh toward Eli and his family. God help you!!! You are VERY heartless. And to call Chris's family white trash, HEARTLESS!!! If you don't have anything nice to say, DON'T say anything at all!!!
My heart and prayers go out to Eli and his family!!
Thank God no one else got hurt.
Mr Drunken Fool, my husband and two son's are U.S. Marines, I, too, take offense to you putting down our Country!!!
One more thing, you're SO mouthie about drinking and driving??? Well you call yourself a Drunkin Fool, that tells me you like to drink and have also drove with alcohol in your system. So DON'T be so crital, Fool!!!

Well my comment was removed but I'll say it again.. Clearly drunken fool is some sort of police.. Paramedics or fireman to know details about eli and the truck driver.. And then to know such details about mookey and Chris.. So figure it out who it is!!

Wow what a bunch of fools.every single one of you.from the drunk to steve to the mom brother sister.

I wonder who the
first to pick up a chair will
be. Jerry! Jerry!

Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! I want my Jerry beads.....(.)(.).......WWWOOOOOO!!!!! LMFAO

This looks familiar

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120215/news/702159679/

We were the 4 kids from shorewood that saw it happened and were on the median putting the fire out. 20 seconds before he wrecked this moron FLEWWWWWWWWWWW by us going 70 mph, and it was like we were standing still, and we said theres no way this guy is making the turn and sure enough he wrecked. and luckily noone was killed due to him being stupidity. picture of us and his car.....http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3361010744481&set=a.3360756938136.2161976.1245427418&type=3&theater.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3361010744481&set=a.3360756938136.2161976.1245427418&type=3&theater

My sister just told me about this, Hope Eli heals up and I'm glad he survived. Best of luck to him and his family/friends.

None of you know Eli personally so stop judging him, I know he messed up we've all made really stupid mistakes in our lives, so give him a break and stop judging him

None of you know Eli personally so stop judging him, I know he messed up we've all made really stupid mistakes in our lives, so give him a break and stop judging him

Skb your really rude you don't even know what my family is like