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A Vancouver woman and medical school hopeful has been awarded $563,000 in damages after a car accident that occurred more than five years ago.

In a Supreme Court of B.C. ruling issued by Justice Paul Walker, he found that Rachel Sen-Laurenz was a credible and honest witness who at times understated what the doctors had determined about injuries she suffered during a car crash in spring 2014.

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Court heard that Sen-Laurenz was a passenger in a car driven by her mother on Arbutus Street near West 8th Avenue in the afternoon of April 14 when they were involved in a multi-vehicle accident. Sen-Laurenz did not suffer any broken bones or lose consciousness, but was jolted forward and sideways, and her forehead hit the front-passenger window. Neck pain and tingling in her right arm appeared after the accident.

Walker wrote that before the accident Sen-Laurenz — then 20 — was “a very active, highly energetic and socially engaging person,” who was studying at Capilano University in North Vancouver. She was planning to transfer to the University of B.C. in fall 2014, where she would study in preparation for her to successfully complete the MCAT exam needed to be accepted into UBC or other medical schools.