Mom pleads for crash witnesses after daughter injured by flying debris

A 12-year-old girlwalking home from school was left with a concussion after being hit by debris when two cars collided near her ata Winnipeg intersection.

In addition to the concussion, JordynSnyder suffered a black eye, a cut on her cheek, some broken and bruised ribs andother soft-tissue injuries from the collision at Ness Avenue and Mount Royal Road on Jan. 18, said her mom,Shannon Folk.

"I'm pretty tired and kind of fuzzy still because my head is hurting a lot,"Jordynsaid on Tuesday, describing the crash as sounding like an explosion thatleft her ears ringing.

She felt something hit her face, near her cheekbone under her left eye, but was in shock andwalked home, shaking. She didn't really start feeling the effects until the next morning.

"When I woke up I couldn't really get out of bed because everything was sore," Jordynsaid.

NowFolk ishaving trouble claiming certain benefits for Jordyn'sinjuriesbecause thedrivers left the scene and no one has reported the accident.

Manitoba Public Insurance will cover the costs of physiotherapy, chiropractic treatments and someprescriptions but to receive additional benefits for concussion clinics and personal care,the family must prove what happened.

However, other than some broken car parts anddebris on the road, there is no evidence anything happened. There's no police report and no insurance claims from the drivers in the crash.

Looking for witnesses

So Folkis looking for help from the public. She needs witnesses to contact her so she can gather proof of the crash and getcoverage for home care for Jordyn.

Folk works full-time and wants someone to be withher daughter. Jordyn can't be at school right now and gets dizzy if she stands for too long.

"We need them to come forward with any information they have.We're not looking for charges to be laid and we're not looking for any money; we're just looking to make sure [Jordynis]covered," Folk said.

The crash happened in the Silver Heights areaaround 4:20 p.m., when acar turned right, on a red light, from Mount Royalonto Ness. AnSUVin the shoulder lane on Ness ran into the back of beige vehicle. Jordyn was less than a metre from the collision.

Folk has spoken to some witnessesthough the details are still sketchy the car might have been beige or white and just dirty. It may also have been a hatchback while the SUV was possibly a newer Mazda.

One witness who worked nearby said he saw Jordyn stumbling through a field after, Folk said.

"I was a little freaked out, thinking what could havehappened had she been any closer to it, or if she had stepped into the walkway if [the light] had turned green," Folk said.

"But I was relieved she was there in the room telling me what happened as opposed to me finding out by getting a call from the police or an ambulance."

'They started screaming'

Immediately after the crash,Jordynasked the drivers if they were OK and they said yes, but started arguing about the collision.

"I kind of walked over a little to where the street was and I asked if they were OK because if anyone had some serious injuries and needed someone to call 911 on, I wanted to see if they were OK," she said.

"Theystarted screaming and that's when I started walking back home because my head started to hurt from how loud it was."

No one asked if she was OK.

"They totally didn't ask if she needed help or anything," Folk said.

Jordynsaid she knows she'll get better but sheworries about smaller kids from her school walking the same way.

"If a little kid fromlike, Grade 1 or kindergarten was walking down that wayand they had the debris fly, it could have been much worse than what I have."