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…East Naples authorities say a man was seriously hurt when the car he was in collided with a tractor trailer. Collier County Deputies arrested Cheryl Ann Griggs of North Road, arrested and charged her with drunken driving, DUI with serious bodily injury, with property damage. Here's what happened, reports say" Witnesses told officers that the tractor trailer was in the north lane on Airport Road, stopped and waiting for the traffic light to change. The 1990 Mazda RX7 convertable driven by Griggs, came up behind the truck. The car, swerved at the last minute, trying to avoid the tractor trailer truck the Mazda RX7 hit the rear of the truck and spun around into the southbound lanes, sped up, and jumped the median and hit some trees. Officers say the upper part of the car windshield, struck the convertible's passenger, William Greely in the head. He was listed in critical condition and was air lifted to Lee Memorial Hospital. Griggs was taken to Naples Community Hospital; she also told the officers that she was not driving that William Greely was. Griggs’s Blood Alcohol Level was .37. This was Griggs second DUI arrest in 1995.She was then taken to the Naples Jail and booked.

From the Naples Daily News November 19, 1998 William Greely was blinded from this accident but he has gone to do something with his life. Inside the Adaptive Technologies Center (ATC) at the Main Library, two men sat in a cubicle, staring intently at a computer screen. At their feet, a black dog sat quietly, absolutely still. One of the men, short and stocky with thick grey hair, wore really cool black sunglasses. This man was Bill Greely, a blind Indiana University student. He was finishing his last exam for a computing class. The other man, John Howard, an employee of the ATC, aided Greely through some of the visual aspects of computing. Greely made his way down the streets and alleyways of campus each week with Bingo, a friendly black Lab, always at his side. A sophomore studying social work, Greely trained at the beginning of each semester with a mobility coach to memorize the paths to and from each class—familiarizing himself and Bingo with their new environment. Along with Psychology and beatles history, Greely was enrolled in A110, an introductory computing class. A110 covered html, databases, Microsoft Access and Power Point. Each member of the class was also required to create a webpage. Greely didn’t allow his blindness to impede him from completing all of the class requirements. Howard was assigned to aid Bill’s transition into the visual world of computing. The ATC helps many students with disabilities get along in the technological world. “Having Bill as a student was a unique challenge primarily because, although several tools exist for blind access I did not know anything about them and these methods were completely different from the ways a sighted user would interface with a computer,” Alexander Breuer, Greely’s AI, said. Besides Breuer and Howard, Greely’s main translator was a screen reading program called JAWS. JAWS, an acronym for Job Access With Words, was devised by Ted Henter. In 1978, Henter lost his eyesight in an automobile accident and over the next decade created and developed the software. “It’s like a knowledge exchange,” Howard said, “I share with Bill my knowledge of computing and I get to learn JAWS and information for the ATC on how to better aid blind students in the future.” Greely was blinded in a tragic automobile accident on November 18, 1998 resulting in the loss of sight in both eyes. Six years later, Greely was willing to take any class necessary to earn his degree. His dream was to be a counselor for others in his position—those blinded later in life. He wanted to ensure better treatment for the blind. “By the time anyone came along to help me, like get used to walking around my house, it was four months after I had done it myself!” Greely said. Before his accident, Greely was an entrepreneur, owning several house painting businesses specializing in decorative finishing. At his home, Greely sat on his couch in between two large original art pieces. “That one in the corner,” he said pointing to a large pink square with gentle, slashed plaster grooves, “is for sale—$12,000.” Since his accident, Greely learned to play the guitar and was very proud of the four that he owned. He was determined to go on with his life as normally as possible and graduate with a degree from IU.

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