By Bruce Schreiner & Dylan Lovan, Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky lawmaker and schoolteacher who was critically injured nearly a month ago while trying to break up a student fight is showing signs of improvement at a rehabilitation center in Georgia.
A spokesman for the Shepherd Center told The Associated Press on Monday that state Rep. Dewayne Bunch is expected to move out of the intensive care unit into the rehabilitation unit. Spokesman Larry Bowie said Bunch was admitted April 28 at the Atlanta center that specializes in treating people with spinal cord and brain injuries.
Bunch was punched in the head and fell to the floor after trying to break up a fight between two students at Whitley County High School.
He was initially treated at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. The two students were charged with assault.