Valley man continues to recover after major crash

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As the clip kept connected ticking, Amelia Vazquez knew thing wasn't right.

She went looking for her husband, Saul and saw each the postulation from the clang and had a gut-wrenching feeling.

That's erstwhile she started calling the infirmary to find her husband.

"They enactment his day successful and said there's a John Doe present who's not identified yet," Amelia said. "You tin travel and find retired if it's him."

Amelia rushed to the hospital, wherever she recovered Saul.

He was severely injured and successful pain. His consciousness was fading successful and out.

"It was scary -- they didn't cognize yet however helium was doing," Amelia said. "He had a breathing tube, humor successful his lungs, aggregate cuts. They were trying to stabalize him."

On Saturday afternoon, Saul sat down with Action News.

Sitting successful his recliner chair, with his near limb successful a cast, helium describes the moments starring up to the crash.

"I looked to the rear mirror, I saw immoderate postulation coming up down maine and it didn't interest me," Saul said. "I turned looking to my sides again, and past I happened to look astatine the rear reflector again and realized this motortruck was coming down me."

Saul felt the adrenaline pulsing done his body.

"I deliberation I threw myself to the close side," helium said. "I deliberation I was trying to fell successful betwixt the abstraction of the dash and the seats."

Saul spends a batch his betterment successful his recliner.

While Saul tin locomotion astir the house, being extracurricular is difficult.

Everyday tasks, similar eating and bathing, is besides hard.

"Trying to unbend successful immoderate presumption is achy due to the fact that helium has aggregate fractures each implicit his body," Amelia said. "There's 11 breached bones total."

Amelia says they volition beryllium checking successful connected Saul's betterment advancement successful astir 9 months.

With a agelong travel ahead, there's besides fiscal uncertainty.

"We're not 100% definite however overmuch we person to springiness retired of pouch yet due to the fact that there's going to beryllium co-pays," Amelia said. "We conscionable haven't gotten the bills yet."

The household doesn't cognize erstwhile Saul volition spell backmost to work.

Family members person acceptable up a GoFundMe to assistance them.

The household is grateful for the enactment they've received from relatives and friends.

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