A Long Island mother was nearly killed when an out-of-control car slammed into her on a Suffolk County parkway. The wreck severed her legs instantly. Police say the man behind the wheel was driving drunk. McLoganTV spoke exclusively to the woman.
Police say the man behind the wheel was driving drunk, and on Wednesday he appeared in court.
"I'm trying to move my foot. I'm trying to move my toes. I felt them but couldn't move them and then my mom came in," Daijonee Vanderveer said.said she felt delirious and confused when she came into consciousness in a hospital bed at Stony Brook.
Police say 25-year-old Kevin Rosasdaqui of Brooklyn was so drunk -- nearly three times the legal limit -- after leaving the Marine ball in Westbury, and was driving so fast, his car crushed Vanderveer's body and severed her legs instantly."The cop and his wife tourniquet-ed my legs and one of my arms. Because they were able to do that, I didn't bleed out," Vanderveer said.
"I hope he understands the seriousness of what he did. He didn't kill me, but he killed parts of me," Vanderveer said."A lot of things are hard.""It was like God sent his angels to help me. I'm just so appreciative. They didn't have to stop, but they did, and they saved my life and my son gets to still have his mother," she said.
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