Ex-WBNS anchor injured in accident

Jeff Hogan, a former WBNS-TV (Channel 10) anchor, was badly injured in a body surfing accident over the weekend.

He sustained injuries to his head and neck and is now recovering in a North Carolina Hogan

hospital.

Hogan was at Wrightsville Beach with his family and friends riding the waves when his head hit a sandbar, a build up formed by waves.

“I’m going to be off the air for a short period of time while I’m on the mend from a little body surfing accident down at the beach,” Hogan said in a taped message from the hospital. “Banged up my head, hurt my neck, but I’m getting great care here and looking forward to return to the triangle very soon.”

Hogan’s daughters were close by and called for help while assisting their father. Hogan’s colleague Brad Johansen was at the beach with them and detailed the scene on WRAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina, where they both work.

“His girls are his heroes,” Johansen said, explaining that they put his body on a bodyboard. “He has, the whole time, been in great spirits.”

Hogan has central cord syndrome, a spinal cord injury that impairs arm and hand movement.

Joel Davis, WRAL-TV’s general manager, said Hogan’s doctors have no reason to believe he won’t make a full recovery. Right now, Davis said Hogan has loved ones supporting him and friends at the studio cheering him on.

The anchor left Channel 10 last year after nearly 20 years at the station working on the sports and news desks. He now hosts weekday morning and noon newscasts for WRAL-TV.