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He woke up in a hospital bed three weeks later. While driving through an intersection near his Overland Park home, a drunken driver who was running a red light struck Kudlacik s car, a blow that nearly cut his sedan in two. Placed in a medically induced coma for 21 days, Kudlacik said he was twice deemed clinically dead and had to be revived. He spent three months rehabbing from a slate of injuries, including compound fractures in both legs, nine broken ribs and a collapsed lung. The driver who hit him later pleaded guilty to aggravated battery while driving under the influence and was sentenced to 31 months in prison. ....