Chris Jasso, 23, was driving in Grand Junction on Oct. 27 along with his girlfriend, Emily Glasenapp, 20, within the passenger seat. At roughly 2:35 p.m., he made a left flip at a cease signal on Orchard Avenue.
One other automotive coming from the other way of the flip they have been making blew via his personal cease signal and t-boned Jasso’s automotive. The hit put the Coal Ridge Excessive College graduates right into a clockwise spin and brought on them to hit a 3rd automotive.
“I used to be bleeding from each ears,” Jasso mentioned. “I bought a fracture in my nasal cavity and it’s so bizarre, however despite the fact that most of my accidents have been on the appropriate facet of my face, my left eardrum is the one I can’t hear out of.”
He mentioned he doesn’t recall the crash, solely backing out of Glasenapp’s driveway, after which coming to after being struck. He had been visiting Glasenapp, as he did each weekend, since she’d turn into a scholar at Colorado Mesa College.
“I bought the decision at 4 p.m. that Emily was going into emergency surgical procedure,” Justin Glasenapp, Emily’s father, mentioned. “I picked up my ex-wife and we bought to Junction. The EMTs rushed (Emily) to the hospital and so they eliminated a subdural hematoma.”
Justin mentioned his daughter will bear one other surgical procedure a few month down the street.
“They should put a bit of Emily’s cranium again in her head the place they did the primary surgical procedure,” he mentioned. “It’s in a freezer proper now. I didn’t know they might do this.”
Erin Greenwald, Emily’s mom, has been in Junction because the collision, staying on the Rose Hill Hospitality Home proper throughout the road from St. Mary’s Hospital and Regional Medical Heart.
“I feel I simply began respiration once more two days in the past? Three days?” Erin mentioned, expressing her fear.
Greenwald mentioned her daughter is at the moment strolling and speaking on her personal. In keeping with docs, restoration from subdural hematoma accidents is unlikely.
“So long as she’s alive,” Greenwald mentioned, “we’ll determine every part else out.”
“She’s bought a job on the Little Mavericks Studying Heart and so they mentioned her job is there for her each time she’s prepared,” Greenwald added. Emily is double-majoring in psychology and early childhood growth.
When requested if Emily could be prepared to talk about her expertise, all three relations mentioned she wasn’t prepared.
The communities of New Citadel and Glenwood Springs heard concerning the crash and have up to now raised over $50,000 for Emily and Jasso to assist pay for hospital payments and different bills. Greenwald mentioned a few of her buddies have been bringing her garments and utilizing Venmo to assist her pay for meals.
The household has discovered that not solely have the New Citadel and Glenwood Springs communities been supportive, however so have the Grand Junction and CMU communities.
“The VP of CMU was ready for us on the hospital. Our son labored together with her and she or he provided me a room on the Resort Maverick, however I couldn’t be that distant,” Greenwald mentioned. The Vice President of Scholar Affairs at CMU is Jody Diers.
Justin mentioned that Diers additionally provided him a residential assistant dormitory room to remain in at CMU, freed from cost, whereas Emily is within the hospital.
On the hospital, Justin recalled there have been a pair nights when Emily was in a variety of ache and couldn’t sleep.
“We couldn’t discover anybody to assist for some time or change her medicine. It’s in all probability as a result of they’re understaffed, however lastly, Emily bought evening’s sleep,” he mentioned. “The following day, she bought up and began doing rehab.”
Justin and Greenwald additionally test in on Jasso typically. He lives with their son in Silt and works with Justin.
The Grand Junction Police Division launched an announcement concerning the case.
“Officers with the Grand Junction Police Division responded to a three-vehicle motorized vehicle crash within the intersection of N 15th Avenue and Orchard Avenue in Grand Junction. A truck touring westbound on Orchard Avenue ran a cease signal, placing a Honda Civic touring northbound on N 15th Avenue, which struck a Ford Focus on account of the crash,” GJPD mentioned within the ready assertion. “The driving force and passenger of the Honda Civic suffered critical bodily accidents and have been transported to the hospital by the Grand Junction Fireplace Division. The driving force and passenger of the Ford Focus have been additionally transported to the hospital with minor accidents. This case continues to be below investigation and there’s no additional info out there right now.”
Officer Kevin Bavor, who’s investigating this case, was unable to present extra info right now, however he did say there’s a human issue on this incident.
“I look after these folks so after I get entangled, I attain out to those folks and assist them with assets,” Bavor mentioned.
Greenwald mentioned the EMTs who rescued Emily and the police have come to see how Emily’s doing.
The driving force accused of the collision, a Fruita resident, didn’t have insurance coverage or a license.
“The payments are going to be massive,” Justin mentioned. “I needed to lift consciousness for these children.”
