Dallas Woman’s Journey to Recovery Following Hit-and-Run That Took Her Roommate’s Life

Dallas – A hit-and-run victim in February left a 23-year-old Dallas lady with serious injuries; she is now making an amazing recovery.

Although Camryn Herriage had been using a ventilator for almost two months, things changed this past week.

Five people were hurt in the collision, and Camryn’s friend and roommate from college, Sarah House, died.

Herriage’s mother, Shirley Campanello, watched her daughter wheeled into surgery, bracing herself for the worst.

“He predicted a six-hour duration. After an hour and a half, he left, and I knew she was gone. He left so quickly that I simply knew, yet it was good. Not horrible news, but wonderful news,” Campanello recalls.

From heart surgery to brain surgery, she got all too familiar with this feeling.

“That’s what 85% of people go through. After that, she underwent aortic surgery. It is the cause of 23% of deaths. She made it when 98% of people wouldn’t have,” Campanello remarked.

Now that Camryn is beating the odds, she’s putting those figures aside.

Herriage achieved a milestone this week that Methodist Dallas physicians weren’t expecting: he was taken off the ventilator.

“God has worked through all of this in just amazing ways,” Campanello remarked.

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The recent Texas Tech graduate was hit from behind on February 11 while waiting at a light in Dallas’ Trinity Groves neighborhood with a group of friends in their car.

According to Dallas police, Carmen Guerrero’s Ford pickup was the reason behind the chain-reaction collision.

Investigators say that Guerrero, 27, fled on foot while donning “a small black dress and white clubbing shoes.” Over a week later, she was taken into custody.

Camryn was riding in a car with a fully destroyed backseat.

Sara House, Herriage’s college roommate, was slain, but she and her friends were taken to the hospital.

While her friends come and go, Camryn is still unaware of the tremendous loss.

“The hesitation was evident in her eyes. How come he’s visiting me without Sarah? We think Sarah is advancing her,” Campanello remarked.

Camryn’s battle is far from over.

To aid with her breathing, she has a tube down her neck. The extent of her brain injury is unknown, therefore she may need to relearn even basic movements.

Camryn’s family is clinging to the hope that she will eventually be able to return home.

“We’ve been informed that we’re not. Several individuals informed us that this was the best we could accomplish, according to Campanella. “They had already decided that she would require a ventilator. It was optimism. All we had was that.

Before being transferred to a rehabilitation center, Camryn will remain at Methodist for a minimum of two more months.

Carmen Guerrero, the suspect, is still being held this evening in the Dallas County Jail.

She is accused of a number of crimes, including manslaughter. FOX 4 requested a statement from her lawyer several times this week.