Injured Engineer Remains Hospitalized

By ( Broadcasting & Cable ) published

Volker Schmitt, an engineer with Sennheiser Electronics, remains in the intensive care unit of a Las Vegas hospital.

Schmitt, senior engineer for the Wedemark, Germany-based audio products company (Sennheiser USA is based in Old Lyme, Conn.), was struck by a hit-and-run driver April 25 while attending the National Association of Broadcasters convention there.

He has had surgeries on his legs and shoulder and is in critical but stable condition, said a spokeswoman.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.