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But during the crash, power lines connected to the Hydro-Québec pole she had hit had fallen near Sabryna’s car. When she stepped out of the vehicle, she was shocked by electricity.

Sabryna’s left foot “exploded” when the electricity hit her, her sister said. She passed out, and spent around three hours outside her car, at times struggling to get back into the vehicle, in temperatures as low as -12.5.

“She tried with all her heart to come back to her car,” Samantha Mongeon said, “because it was very cold outside.” During her time outside the car, Sabryna’s hands, arms and legs became dangerously frozen, adding to the burns from the electrocution.

Horrifically injured and unable to move, it was yet another hour before someone found Sabryna and called 911, her sister said.

Sabryna was taken to Hôpital de Hull, where she was put into an induced coma to stabilize her before being transferred to the burn unit at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. When she arrived at the Montreal facility, however, doctors brought Sabryna back out of the coma to ask whether she wanted to be treated — “to be alive,” said her sister.

Sabryna’s decision to go forward prompted doctors to embark on a series of amputations on all four of Sabryna’s limbs. She was once more put into an induced coma to escape the pain. She’ll stay unconscious for at least another week, according to her sister, while the family waits for the results of more operations and information from doctors. The Montreal hospital confirmed Sabryna was undergoing treatment in the facility, but directed further questions toward the young woman’s family.

“My mother is there, all day, all night,” said Samantha Mongeon. Since their parents are self-employed, Samantha has started a crowdfunding campaign to help allow her mother to stay with Sabryna.

“All I can give to my mom to stay there, I’m going to do,” Samantha said. Any excess funds will go into a separate account for Sabryna.

The crowd-funding page can be found here: www.onedollargift.com/ca-fr/Reve-Grave-accident-de-la-route…-26542

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