Sole survivor of Madera County crash that killed 8 speaks out

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's been a agelong and achy period for Benito Pérez Mundo, who is the sole subsister of a head-on clang successful Madera County connected Avenue 7 adjacent Road 22.

On February 23, Benito was connected his mode to enactment with 7 others erstwhile a pick-up motortruck crashed into their van, sidesplitting his coworkers and the operator of the truck.

Benito was taken to the hospital, suffering from a fractured femur and according to doctors, a hard stroke to the head, which has affected his memory.

"They conscionable told maine that I deed my caput precise hard is what I retrieve and that my encephalon shook a little, thing similar that. And that it volition instrumentality clip for it to regenerate. There are things that possibly I don't retrieve close now, immoderate things astir what happened and possibly I volition retrieve it oregon possibly not," Benito said.

Benito told Univision 21 helium thinks it's amended that helium doesn't remember, but helium gets affectional reasoning astir the clang and knowing his friends mislaid their lives.

He is besides grateful to those who helped him and his household astatine Community Regional Medical Center.

"Very good. I'm precise happy. They treated maine precise good astatine the hospital. My household has been with me, my friends," Benito said. "I'm blessed due to the fact that I tin determination my limb and it doesn't wounded arsenic much. Sometime it does. And good I'm gladsome that I'm inactive here, I'm live and breathing."

He present sees beingness successful a caller light.

"I worth my beingness each the time. When I spell extracurricular sometimes I respire the air, I perceive to the animals. It's precise different. I privation to spell backmost to enactment and bask life," helium said.

Benito was capable to accidental goodbye to 3 of his friends earlier their bodies were sent to Mexico.

He says he's inactive brought to tears whenever helium thinks astir the accident, but is grateful to beryllium alive.

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