Gabe Kennedy leaves Nevada, bound for Seattle. (Photos from Solea Kennedy’s GoFundMe page)
Gabe and mom Solea.
As an arrest is made in the case, hit and run victim Gabe Kennedy continues to improve.
The 25-year old Kennedy, older brother of former CHS football star Ben Haight and son of noted Coupeville Food Bank volunteer Solea Kennedy, lost a leg and was in a coma after being struck while skateboarding in Reno May 8.
While he has considerable obstacles to overcome, Kennedy, who emerged from the coma and has begun to regain his speech, has improved enough that he was transferred from Reno to a rehab unit at the University of Washington Friday.
On the family’s GoFundMe page, Solea wrote:
“We are packed up and ready for our plane ride out in the morning! Gabe is happy to be leaving the hospital and hopeful about rehab.
He’s been told that it will be hard work, but that is what it takes to get the arms to work again and begin to learn to walk!
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We are so glad that all of you care and are part of Gabe’s story!”
In a story running parallel to Kennedy’s improvement, an arrest was finally made in the case.
Myree Townsend, 40, was booked on charges of Hit and Run causing Substantial Bodily Injury, which is a felony crime.
Townsend turned herself in two weeks after she left the scene of the accident, but was not arrested until Tuesday as the investigation was ongoing.
In an interview with a Nevada TV station, Gabe was asked how he felt about being left behind when Townsend fled the scene.
He declined to give the reporter the angry sound bite she was fishing for, opting instead to respond with a great calmness.
“It is what it is.”
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