Amputated all four limbs after he was electrocuted

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Samantha Mongeon kisses his sister Sabryna a few days before it was amputated.

Catherine Montambeault

Tuesday, 2 January 2018 15:40

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A woman of 18 years keeps his mind swinging even if it had to be amputated of its four limbs after he was electrocuted during a car accident during Christmas night in Ottawa.

A shock went through the body of Sabryna Mongeon after his vehicle had crashed into a pole of electricity. She had to wait four hours extended in the snow before being found by a passer-by, frostbite, in addition to his burns.

The young woman was plunged into a medically induced coma upon his arrival at the hospital of Hull in the early morning of 25 December. His family was told that if she survived, his two arms and his two legs should be amputated.

“We were asked if Sabryna wants to live even without its four members, tells his sister of 21-year-old Samantha Mongeon. He had to decide if we débranchait my sister or not. This is inhuman, this decision. “

But when the victim has been transferred to the burn Unit of the Centre hospitalier de l’université de Montréal (CHUM) – less than 24 hours later, the doctors decided to get her out of the coma so that she can make her own choices, according to Ms. Mongeon.

To wake her up, Sabryna was adamant : she wanted to live. “She told us : “I haven’t frozen outside for four hours to go there.” It is amazing, ” breath sister.

A passer-by

After spending Christmas eve with her mother and two brothers in the area of Luskville, Pontiac, Sabryna Mongeon has started a little before 2 p.m. to join the friends of Gatineau.

As she is timid behind the wheel, she decided to take small country roads rather than route 148. It is at this point that she lost control of her Volkswagen Jetta and that she was struck in a pole of electricity.

“After the impact, she had no injuries, says Samantha Mongeon. But she was afraid that her car takes fire, then it is output. She did not know that electrical wire had fallen on her car. “

As soon as the driver has placed a foot on the ground, she received a violent electric shock. The current entered through his hands and would be pulled by his left foot, which exploded.

Sabryna Mongeon collapsed into the snow, where she had to wait four hours, aware, before a passer-by noticing.

Iron will

“Sorrow and misery, she was able to return to his or her self just before someone arrives, says his sister. But her hands were so frozen that she was not able to put the key in the ignition. She had a cell, but his hands were too frozen for that, too. “

The man who found it immediately called the emergency services. It would now be off work for a post-traumatic shock, according to the information that the family Mongeon has obtained from the police.

Sabryna has been awake for four days before being disappeared in the coma for the doctors to perform the amputations.

“Honestly, I think that it has perhaps not realized the full extent of what to expect,” says Samantha Mongeon.

The latter explains that his little sister was very independent prior to his accident. Barely an adult, she lived alone in an apartment and worked full-time as a waitress.

“At the hospital, she was already talking about going back to school and find a job for disabled people, said Samantha Mongeon. She has a will, she wants to do something great. “

♦ A campaign sociofinancement has been launched on the site Onedollargift so that the mother of Sabryna can stop working temporarily and to be with his daughter. Yesterday evening, nearly $ 11,000 had been raised.

Always stay in his vehicle

If you impact a utility pole, you must remain inside your vehicle until help, is reminiscent of the Service sécurité incendie de Gatineau.

“When we stepped off the vehicle, the body serves as the direct link to the current. This is where there is a risk of electric shock, ” says Éric Charbonneau, chief of operations.

He explained that once the rescue contacted, they will ask Hydro-Québec to immediately cut the power to the place where the accident occurred, so that there is no danger of electric shock or fire.