Brother gives update on woman, 30, left critically hurt in horror incident as she moved home
02.01.2024 - 13:27
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A care worker has emerged from an induced coma ten days after being badly injured in a horrific incident in Salford. Preeti Dhunna was hit by a car as she crossed a road to catch a bus.
Preeti, who looks after residents with dementia in a care home, suffered a brain injury in the crash on Cromwell Road on Saturday, December 23. The 30-year-old, who also broke her ankle and pelvis, has been treated in the intensive care unit at Salford Royal Hospital since.
Her family are still desperately trying to cut through protocol so her parents can get visas and fly from India to be at her bedside. Veteran Blackley and Broughton MP, Graham Stringer, has helped the family to try to speed up the process.
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The driver of the vehicle involved, a 27-year-old man, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and drug driving offences. He has since been bailed.
Ms Dhunna's brother, Nikhil, said: "Preeti has been moved to a trauma assessment ward, still within the intensive care unit. She is out of the coma and talking. She is making progress which is good but as she suffered a brian injury there are things she has forgotten.
"The doctors have told us it could be months and a slow process before she recovers. She does not remember anything of the incident. She suffered a bleed on the brain."
Preeti's mother, Rajni, and father, Sukhwinder Kumar, have been dealt the devastating blow of their daughter's injuries while coping with another family crisis. Her father has had bladder cancer but has received treatment for it.
Preeti was in the process of moving home from Cheetham Hill to Salford when the incident