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Three Northview Cheerleaders Continue To Recover After Serious Crash
January 19, 2009
Three Northview High School cheerleaders injured in a single vehicle accident on January 7 continue to recover. Two of them are expected to head back to school this week, and one will miss the rest of the school year.
Troopers say Victoria Chavers, 16, was eastbound on the dirt portion of Greenland Road when she missed a 90 degree curve, struck a ditch and power pole, and overturned her Volkswagon Beetle. The vehicle came to rest upside down. Tori and her passenger and sister, Tiffany Chavers, 14, were both wearing their seatbelts. The backseat passenger, Blaze Green, 15, was not wearing her seatbelt. It took firefighters several minutes to extricate her from the vehicle. Blaze was transported from the scene by LifeFlight.
Blaze suffered a fractured vertebra in her neck, a fractured pelvis and a lacerated liver — injuries that doctors say could have been fatal.
Blaze was released from the hospital last Thursday night. She will remain in a halo cast to hold her head immobile for three months as she recovers from a neck fracture. Mom Marty Green says that Blaze is now up and walking with a walker, taking her first steps last Wednesday. She still tires easily, but is working to regain her strength.
Blaze is not expected to be able to return to Northview this year.
“I thank everyone for the prayers and concern,” Marty Green said, “that the community has shown for not only Blaze but for all the girls involved. Prayers were definitely answered for these girls. We are so thankful.”
Tori and Tiffany continue to recover from their injuries. Tiffany suffered a collapsed lung. Mom Melissa Chavers says the girls missed school last week under orders from their doctor so they could rest and heal. They are expected to return to Northview this week.
“They are on their way to a full recovery,” Melissa said. “Thanks for everyone for caring and praying for our girls. We could have never made it without you and most importantly God.”
The girls were returning home after attending church at the First Assembly of God in Atmore. The Florida Highway Patrol says the vehicle was traveling about 40 to 45 mph at the time of the accident. The 90 degree curve is not marked in any manner on the North Escambia dirt road.
Pictured above: Firefighters work to free Northview student Blaze Green from this overturned vehicle on January 7. Pictured below: Three Northview cheerleaders were injured in this single vehicle accident on Greenland Road near Davisville. NorthEscambia.com file photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Three Northview Cheerleaders Continue To Recover After Serious Crash”
i do not know you girls but I hope you continue to get better really soon! :O)
I hope all the girls make a full recovery. I hate to hear that one will miss the rest of the school year. Was this the first time the girls had been on this road going to and from church? Did they not know about the unmarked curve?
I hope the county puts a sign up warning of the curve if they haven’t done so already since the wreck.
I’m so glad that Tori,Tiffany,and Blaze are okay. I have prayed for them everyday. Hopefully Blaze is doing good. I will still keep praying for Blaze and hopefully she starts getting better.