Memorandum
St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue
Station #7
TO: All Fire Personnel
FROM: Captain Rosetti
DATE: April 25, 2009
SUBJECT: Christine Burroughs Status
On April 5, Christine was driving home from Alabama with her son. South of Ocala near 75 and the Florida turnpike around dusk, she was involved in a serious crash. A semi wheel and tire were in the roadway and she missed it with her front wheels but her right rear hit the tire and flipped her vehicle into a retention pond full of water. Both Christine and her son were seat belted in and able to get out of the truck. Passerby’s help stabilize Christine until help arrived. Both were flown to Orlando Regional Hospital for further care.
Christine’s son was cut and bruised but otherwise was ok. Christine did not fare as well. She fractured C4 & C7 which will heal on there own with time. She fractured two ribs. She also broke T3, T4, & T5, which she had surgery on Monday the 13th, and they fused them together at that time.
She is currently at Morton Plant Rehab in Clearwater and is not accepting visitors at this time. Please keep her and her son in your thoughts and prayers.
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