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Coma mix up

  • 01-06-2006 4:36pm
    #1
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    It's one of those stories that would be simply bizarre if it wasn't so tragic.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5037536.stm
    A US family has spent weeks caring for a comatose crash victim only to learn their daughter died in the crash and the survivor is someone else.

    The family of Laura VanRyn realised a mistake had been made as the crash victim emerged from her coma.

    Tests showed the woman in hospital was not their daughter but a college mate of hers, Whitney Cerak, who was in the same accident and resembled Ms VanRyn.

    The Cerak family had buried Ms VanRyn's body, thinking it was their daughter.


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  • #2
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    I read about this over the weekend and couldn't believe it. A simple DNA test would have given the answer within a day of the girl being admitted, can't believe the autopsy didn't check DNA of the dead girl against that of the parents!

    Tragic, but could so easily have been avoided.


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