CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. —
Twice in his life, Brad Fritz has beaten the odds.
The Kentucky native has survived not one but two devastating crashes, and both times, he’s come out determined to keep smiling.
Fritz first captured the community’s attention in 1999 when he was just 15 years old. The Covington Catholic football standout was riding in a car driven by another teen who had been drinking. The vehicle crashed into a tree near Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, leaving Fritz with a traumatic brain injury that changed his life forever.
In the years since, he’s become a familiar face in Northern Kentucky, known for speaking to schools about perseverance and the dangers of drinking and driving. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he stood on the corner of Turkeyfoot Road and College Park Driv

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