BMV 'Revives' Man Listed As Dead In Computer System

GWYNNEVILLE, Ind. -- A Shelby County man who had been declared dead as far as the Bureau of Motor Vehicles was concerned is now back among the living.

Because of a 6News story, Gary Nebel, of Gwynneville, now has his renewal stickers in hand, 6News' Norman Cox reported.

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Gary Nebel Lives In BMV's Computer System

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Nebel and several other customers who had been caught up in the BMV's computer problems after an upgrade appear headed for successful resolution of their problems.

"Thanks to you, they called me and told me to go to the license branch and they would take care of everything," Nebel told Cox. "I wouldn't need my Social Security card to prove that I was still alive."

Officials said fixing the problem was fairly simple. It was determined that a clerk had transposed two digits in Nebel's Social Security number.

"We were able to get the right Social Security number entered into the system and then get his situation resolved," said BMV spokeswoman Julia Fletcher.

Nebel said his BMV visit to get the problem fixed took a couple of hours as clerks at the Rushville branch worked with a computer technician in Indianapolis who had to alter some data.

"They wiped out everything, all my cars. They didn't have any record of any of my vehicles," Nebel said. "The vehicles were dead. The gal had to manually put each one of the vehicles in the computer."

Other unhappy customers 6News has profiled in recent weeks have made progress with their BMV troubles.

Susan McGregor, of Sheridan, received a letter from the BMV that explained that the $120 ticket she received for driving with an expired sticker was the bureau's fault. The letter asked the Hamilton County traffic court to dismiss the ticket.

Mary Hall said a state official contacted her after her son was taken in chains to an Ohio court after a computer mistakenly showed his license had been suspended. Hall said they are going to try to get her son's court costs refunded.