After weeks in the intensive care unit, two sisters who were struck by a suspected drunk driver in Arizona on their way to Utah are miraculously recovering.
Last Friday, November 22, Sabrina Wilhite, 25, and her sister Jessica, 22, were traveling on a rural roadway outside of Flagstaff, Arizona, when they were struck by an intoxicated driver. The two were traveling to Utah to spend the holidays with family and to watch a brother depart on a mission.
Both sisters ended up near death with several shattered bones and internal bleeding in the Flagstaff intensive care unit.
Just before Christmas, Jessica Wilhite somehow danced her way out of the hospital.
“That was my goal. I told my parents, ‘oh I’m going to walk out of here, no actually I’m going to dance out of here,” Jessica Wilhite stated. “They really didn’t think I would make it through the night [after the accident]. I lost a lot of blood. I had a lot of internal damage, they didn’t think they would be able to fix it. Knowing where I am now is just a miracle every timeline they gave us, every expectation I’ve surpassed.”
Sabrina Wilhite was discharged from Flagstaff’s intensive care unit on January 9 and sent to St. Joseph Villa, a skilled nursing home in Salt Lake.
From her hospital bed at St. Joseph Villa, Sabrina remarked, “My body was stuck to the dashboard of the car, and they had to use the jaws of life to pull me out.”
Because of her severe injuries, Sabrina lost her left arm just above the elbow. Additionally, she still has a long and difficult road to recovery.
“Working on the ability to move my arms, and legs again, to speak again, to eat again, to breath properly,” Sabrina Wilhite stated.
However, she is still alive.
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“It’s been an absolute miracle. Just the fact that I’m here. The fact that God was able to save my life. I shouldn’t be here today, but I am,” Sabrina Wilhite stated.
Unfortunately, this family has been active in Utah’s Zero Fatalities Campaign for many years, and now they find themselves on the other side of it.
“I’ve preached that for decades and now to have it hit my family has just been crushing to us,” the sisters’ father, Brent Wilhite stated. “They are living proof that seatbelts save lives. I’m grateful they learned to wear their seatbelts, but I wish the other person would not have been drinking and get behind the wheel.”
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The Wilhite’s message is now more personal.
“Somebody made a bad choice and it didn’t affect them it affected me, and there is nothing I can do about it, and it is so preventable,” Sabrina Wilhite stated.
A GoFundMe has been created to assist the family with their medical bills.
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