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Man in ICU after fall at The Greene
BEAVERCREEK — Another man has been critically injured after falling from a staircase near a bar at The Greene.
Gary Blevins, 32, is in the intensive care unit at Miami Valley Hospital after he attempted to slide down a staircase in the foyer of Adobe Gila’s and fell and hit his head.
Beavercreek police and firefighters were called to the bar about 10:30 p.m. Nov. 10 and found Blevins not breathing with a faint pulse, according to police and fire reports. Firefighters cleaned up a pool of blood at the base of the stairs.
Friends who were drinking beer with Blevins before the fall said their friend told them to “watch this” and then tried to ride the banister down the stairs, reports said.
Blevins is not the first person injured near the staircase. In December 2006 Todd Jette, a Jamestown resident, was drunk and fell 17 feet backward over the railing. He died from his injuries and his family sued the bar and The Greene for negligence and wrongful death. Claims against the developer were later dismissed at the request of the plaintiff.
A manager at Adobe Gila’s said the staircase is property of The Greene. Spokesman Mike Duffey said Beavercreek police had ruled the incident an accident. “We have nothing to announce at this time about any changes,” he said of the staircase.
Police have responded to 37 incidents at Adobe Gila’s since May. Police Sgt. Jim Wuebben said that was not an unusual number for a bar of it’s size and popularity.
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