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BRONX TIMES R 8 EPORTER, JUNE 7-13, 2019 BTR
Throggs Neck ‘hit and run’
victim makes steady recovery
Jared D’Amico currently has to use a transport
chair when moving from place to place
and is now walking with the support of a
walker. Photos courtesy of Jared D’Amico
Photos courtesy of Jared D’Amico
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A Throggs Neck man who was the
victim of horrifi c hit and run is making
a remarkable recovering.
Jared D’Amico, who was run over
by a Jeep while crossing East Tremont
Avenue near Milton Place on Saturday,
February 11, is back home and making
steady progress towards healing his
body after extensive inpatient treatments
at Jacobi Medical Center and
Burke Rehabilitation in Westchester
County.
D’Amico is now able to walk again
with the aid of a walker, and is beginning
outpatient physical therapy, he
told the Bronx Times.
“I am gradually getting better and
gaining strength,” said D’Amico.
D’Amico, who is 28-years-old and
had been working in construction before
he was fl ung in the air by a speeding
vehicle while crossing East Tremont
Avenue, said that one of his goals is
to be able to walk without assistance.
The walker is a helpful device right
now, providing him the ability to build
up his upper body strength if he gets
tired.
He suffered two broken legs, a
cracked pelvis, some damaged vertebrae,
fi ve broken ribs and brain injury
after the impact with the vehicle,
which he doesn’t remember, he said.
He still hopes the driver of the vehicle
will turn themselves in, he said.
His once perfectly healthy life is
now punctuated by days of extreme
pain.
Dr. Srinivas Reddy, the Jacobi
Medical Center trauma surgeon who
worked on his case said that when
D’Amico was brought into the Emergency
Department he had lost half of
his blood and his blood pressure had
fallen dangerously low.
“He was pretty badly jacked up,”
said Reddy, who added that D’Amico
pushed himself to get to where he is
today.
“I think he should recover fully
from all of these injuries,” said Reddy.
D’Amico is now performing therapy to recover from his injuries.
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