Blaine family overwhelmed by support

BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR

Noah Berger, a 2022 Centennial graduate, has been lying in a hospital bed in Missouri for weeks now.

Berger, a freshman at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, was struck by a vehicle in the early morning hours of April 16 while walking back to his dorm room.

Blaine residents Jim and Denise Berger were in town for their son’s lacrosse game when the accident happened. Before the accident, Noah had called Jim. Jim asked if he needed a ride, but Noah declined, as he was almost back to his dorm. Denise asked Noah to let her know when he made it back, but she never heard from him. He didn’t answer her phone calls or texts.

“I looked at his Find my iPhone and his location wasn’t moving,” she recalled. “I just had this feeling that something was wrong.” Denise checked in with Noah’s roommate, who went to the location where his phone was and found Noah had been struck by a vehicle.

By the time his roommate found him, the police were already on scene rendering aid to Noah, who had been thrown approximately 25 feet. (The crash