A GoFundMe campaign is underway to help with the medical expenses of Lauren Worley, a Patrick County High School student severely injured in a December 16 crash.
Information online, posted with permission from Lauren’s mother, Mandy Trent Worley, Lauren was riding home around 9:35 p.m., with her boyfriend Micah Underwood when their vehicle was “struck head on by what now appears to be a drunk driver,” the website stated.
The Virginia State Police, which investigates traffic accidents, have not issued any information about the crash.
However, “our lives are forever changed. Both were airlifted to Roanoke Memorial” hospital, the information stated. “Lauren’s side of the car was so mangled the jaws of life had to remove her.”
Her parents were “on the horrific scene because of Life 360,” a family locator and safety app, according to online information.
“The first responders from Patrick County were incredible,” the online information stated. They “got her out, stabilized her and got her on the helicopter to Roanoke trauma center.”
Since then, Lauren has undergone numerous procedures, including a 5 hour surgery, and her parents were told it would be a “the long road ahead,” the online information states.
“Lauren is still critical and will be here for many weeks, possibly months of hospital stay,” the information stated. “We have been overwhelmed by the prayers and support from our friends and family from the Floyd and Patrick communities and Facebook friends all over us.”
Mail cards with words of encouragement or even your favorite Bible verse to Carilion Hospital, Lauren Worley, Room 1069, 1906 Belleview Ave., Roanoke, VA 24014.
To support the fundraiser, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/lauren-worley-medical-expenses?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=facebook_cta_variant&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.
