AAA tow truck driver Ramon Garcia survived a scary situation when a car struck him on Loop 101. He is now in recovery and blessed to still be alive. FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas has the story.
Ramon Garcia's life flashed before his eyes on April 18. That's when the AAA tow truck driver was rushed to the hospital after being struck by a car on Loop 101 while trying to load a vehicle onto his flatbed."I just went numb. I couldn't feel my legs. I didn't know what to expect.," his wife Yolanda Garcia told FOX 10. "I got the call from the paramedics. Even showing up to the hospital, the paramedics said, ‘we don’t know how he is alive.
"Garcia, a tow truck driver for 27 years, managed to pull his body onto the bed of his tow truck when he realized his left leg suffered the most damage.At the hospital, Garcia discovered he had six broken bones from his knee to his foot.He went into surgery that night." beyond blessed that it's just his leg," Yolanda said.
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