Hours after receiving the worst news imaginable for a parent, a Nebraska father learned that his daughter had survived a deadly crash.
Later that night he received a phone call from somebody who said they had helped pull his daughter from underneath a car, telling him that she was “in bad shape.”
“On the road, we cried, fell down on our knees, [and] prayed,” he told the outlet.
Although Hannah’s pelvis was crushed and she has a lengthy road to recovery ahead, her father said that he feels grateful his daughter is alive.
“The other two didn’t get this chance,” he told the outlet, referring to the deaths of Emily Siebenhor, 20, and Edith Hermosillo, 22, who were both pronounced dead at the scene after their vehicle was struck.
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According to aGoFundMe, Hannah is currently “hospitalized with at least 10 weeks of rehabilitation planned.”
The GoFundMe organizer said they reached out to her father — a “wonderful” man who owned a local African restaurant that has since closed — as soon as they heard the news.
“The family is facing immense medical bills and caring for another child with special needs as well at home,” the organizer wrote, sharing that any donation “will be a huge blessing.”
The organizer added that the teen’s father has “immense gratitude for the people who pulled the car off his daughter and saved her life.”
Police said in apress releasethat the crash occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on May 29, when a Ford Taurus, which was “traveling close to 90 mph” struck a Toyota Corolla, which was carrying Siebenhor and Hermosillo.
Police claim that it has since been determined that the 18-year-old driver of the Ford Taurus, who turned himself in on Tuesday, was under the influence of marijuana.
The driver was arrested and charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury, according to police.
source: people.com
