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From: jmd@mhuxl.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Pelle Lindbergh ( WHAT??? )
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 09:55:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 12 09:55:41 1985
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> I can't believe what I just read in this morning's paper!!
> Pelle Lindbergh, the goalie for the Flyers, has been declared
> "brain dead".  No this is not some sick joke.  He apparently
> was in a car accident in New Jersey and suffered severe brain
> and spine injuries.  It doesn't say when this happened, I assume
> it was yesterday (Sunday).
> 
> John O'B

Sadly it is true.  I'm sure everyone knows the story by now but here is the 
latest I heard on the Philly news last nite:

Pelle is connected to a life support system.  His fiancee, mother and 
father, who just flew in from Europe, are left to make the very difficult 
decision of removing Pelle from the life suprt system being that his 
chances of recovery are non-existent.  The State Police report shows that
Pelle's blood/alchohol content was a 0.24.  The legal level is 0.10.  Two
friends of Pelle were also in his turbo-charged Porshe when he failed to
negotiate a turn and wrecked into a concrete wall, both are in critical 
condition.

Pelle will be sadly missed by us Flyer fans and all hockey fans in general,
and not for just his excellent goaltending.  What a shame.

						Joe Dakes
						AT&T Bell Laboratories
						Reading, PA
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