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Spotsy Teen Suffers Brain Injury In ATV Crash Year After Losing Fire Chief Dad To COVID Spotsy Teen Suffers Brain Injury In ATV Crash Year After Losing Fire Chief Dad To COVID
Spotsy Teen Suffers Brain Injury In ATV Crash Year After Losing Fire Chief Dad To COVID A Virginia teenager getting ready to start his senior year of high school is fighting for his life after suffering a traumatic brain injury. Support is swelling for the family of 17-year-old Ryan Campbell, of Spotsylvania, who required major surgery after he was a passenger in an ATV accident that crashed and left him in the ICU. The incident happened after the family lost Campbell’s father Gary, a career member of Spotsylvania County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management to COVID-19 complications in January last year. Posted by Ryan Campbell on Thursday, January 20, 2022 Donna Reese, …

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by Zak Failla
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DC Girl, 7, Suffers Brain Injury In Wreck Returning From Virginia's Lake Anna DC Girl, 7, Suffers Brain Injury In Wreck Returning From Virginia's Lake Anna
DC Girl, 7, Suffers Brain Injury In Wreck Returning From Virginia's Lake Anna Support is surging for a 7-year-old girl who suffered a brain injury returning from a day-trip to Virginia with her family. Alani Flores and her family of five were on their way back to Washington DC from Lake Anna on Friday, July 7, when they were involved in an accident, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched for the family. "Father Carlos and daughter Kimberly have been released from the hospital, Kimberly will require therapy for her injuries," the campaign reads.  Alani was hurt worst of all, having suffered a brain injury. She was placed on a ventilator and underwent a cranio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man In Coma After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In DC Man In Coma After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In DC
Man In Coma After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver In DC A 22-year-old man was put under a medically induced coma after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in DC, NBC4 Washington reports. Sam Kesselman was heading to work on a scooter when an SUV struck him and sped off at New Jersey Avenue and P Street NW around 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, the outlet says citing police and family. Meanwhile, the recent Cornell University graduate has been put into a medically-induced coma due to the serious brain injury he suffered. Metropolitan police have since released surveillance footage of the suspect vehicle, believed to be a white Mazda CX-5. Authori…

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by Nicole Acosta