Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Sweet Home High School graduate Rick Rasmussen is undergoing therapy at a Denver convalescent hospital after being paralyzed in a catastrophic traffic accident last month.
Rasmussen, 37, the son of Kenneth and Sally Rasmussen of Sweet Home, was left a quadriplegic after his truck was struck by an oncoming car on Feb. 6 near his home in Springfield, Mo.
“The (other) driver reached down to do something, and it…