Fundraiser set up but teen involved in accident
Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 11:32 am
A 19-year-old California teenager was involved in a car accident that caused her to suffer a brain injury. Her family, friends and generous supporters arranged a fundraiser so that the family could try a new procedure that may be able to help the teen recover from the accident.
The family organized a walk-a-thon for the girl with hopes of earning $75,000 to help their family member who was involved in the accident a year ago.The walk-a-thon brought in nearly 600 people and raised $100,000 in order to pay for the treatment.
The new program comes from a New Jersey-based brain research team that has successful woken up 42 out of 53 coma patients that they have tried the program on.
Brain injuries can change the lives of everyone involved, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.

