(NTV Photo)"The other weather guy is right over there!"
We heard that all day yesterday. The Chasing4Life Team was out at the Eustis-Farnum School in Eustis, Nebraska all day yesterday at their annual "Sod-House Days" showing off the trucks and talking about severe weather safety.
What the kids were referring to was that Nebraska NTV Weatherman Kent Boughton was also at the event. Kent is a well-respected weather personality in these parts and kind of an "icon" now in Nebraska television. The kids were so excited to see Kent and talked about him all day as they visited by our trucks.
After the event, we packed it up and headed west to an evening event, but on the way, heard reports of a serious accident to the east toward Axtell, Nebraska. We were shocked to find out this morning that Kent had been in a serious accident.
According to NTV News, the station's Chief Forecaster is still hospitalized with injuries from an accident occured around 3 p.m. on Highway 6 and 34, about a mile west of Axtell.
Kent's vehicle collided with a semi-trailer truck.
An Air Care Helicopter transported Boughton from the accident scene to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. He underwent surgery on the hip that last late into the night. Boughton is currently in intensive care and cannot receive visitors. However, he is expected to make a full recovery.
Kent, the team is praying for your quick recovery.
To find out more about Kent, visit http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=6910584
