‘How am I still here?’: Woman who survived horrific north Edmonton crash speaks about her recovery
Global News
They were headed out to go shopping when the collision unfolded about a five-minute drive from their home.
Less than a week after a violent two-vehicle crash occurred on Edmonton’s north side that saw one car actually split in half, a woman who was in the car that was struck says she is grateful simply that she, her grandson and her friend are alive.
“I still can’t believe it,” Cassandra Delaney said Friday as she spoke to Global News outside of the hospital where she is recovering.
Police officers were called to a crash in the area of 132nd Avenue and 82nd Street at 4:39 p.m. on Sunday. Investigators believe a man was driving a car west on 132nd Avenue at a high speed it went through a red light and hit another car that was being driven by Delaney’s friend. Delaney was in the front passenger seat where the impact was felt the most. Her grandson Tatum was in the backseat.
Delaney said she is her 22-month-old grandson’s full-time caregiver. They were headed out to go shopping when the collision unfolded about a five-minute drive from their home. She said the crash occurred very suddenly.
“The next thing I knew, I looked at my girlfriend and I was like, ‘What the hell happened?’ All you could see was the airbags,” she recalled. “I looked to the right out my window again and saw somebody had my grandson in their hand. And then all of a sudden I blacked out and I was in the hospital.”
Delaney has a long list of injuries but she, her grandson and her friend all survived. The driver of the other vehicle survived as well. He has since been charged with several offences.
Delaney said she believes Tatum has experienced some level of trauma because of the crash. She said her friend sustained a serious concussion and has a broken wrist.
“It’s scary,” she said. “No one should have survived that accident. …
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