11/14/12 - An Ohio man will serve jail time for a hit-and-run crash that left a local police officer seriously injured and fighting for his life. 54-year-old Gary Fury was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, which was the maximum sentence he could have received. Fury previously pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated vehicular assault and failure to stop after an injury accident. He fled the scene after hitting Pinckney Reserve Officer Robert Bielak, who was off-duty and heading to Vermont on a motorcycle but had pulled over along I-71 to look at a map after missing an exit. Police say Fury originally stopped after hitting Bielak but then sped off when another vehicle pulled behind him. Officer Bielak lost his leg in the crash and was hospitalized in Cleveland for more than three weeks following the September 4th incident. He suffered complications from surgery and had been in critical condition at one point but was eventually transported to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor to receive follow-up care after his above-the-knee amputation. (JM)
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