A September car accident left 16-year-old Chris DePietro in a Boston hospital bed in a coma for three weeks. It wasn’t until recently that he woke up and was released to go home and recover from his traumatic injuries.
DiPietro, of Atkinson, NH, is not able to speak yet and his body is weak from being in a coma, but he seems determined to get back to the condition he was before the accident occurred. He currently is undergoing rehabilitative therapy at a local hospital to regain what he has lost.
The September 10 crash happened in the early evening, just around 5:00pm, when DiPietro lost control of his car and collided with a tree not far from his home. Emergency personnel who responded to the scene had to pry DiPietro out of the car with a Jaws of Life-type device because the doors were so mangled they would not open. It was reported in the article that emergency responders could not believe DiPietro survived such a serious accident.
He was taken to an area hospital and then flown to a more appropriate Boston hospital, where he stayed until his release last week.
DiPietro sustained a significant brain injury from the collision, leaving him in a coma for those weeks. Once he awoke from the coma, he stayed in critical condition at the Boston hospital for some weeks following and underwent necessary surgeries for his injuries.
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