Former Minneapolis PD Talks About Brain Injury

For the first time, a former program director at KSTP-AM radio Minneapolis-St. Paul  is speaking out about his motorcycle accident and subsequent brain injury.

According to woodbury.kstp.com, three years ago Steve Konrad hit a mattress on I-94 that had fallen off a vehicle in front of him.

Had he not been wearing a helmet, doctors say he would have died.

He suffered a traumatic brain injury, was in a coma for months, and when he woke up had to learn to walk, talk, and eat again.

The Konrad's say brain injuries are misunderstood.

"It's not a physical injury that you can see, its mental, people say that's nothing, but it is, its really debilitating, " says Konrad. His wife Melodee says it's been tough, "He's not the same man that I married, I have to get used to that, he's a different man now with a brain injury."

Despite his injuries, Konrad says he has a positive attitude and is recovering better than doctors ever expected.

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