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SALT LAKE CITY — The parents of a 20-year-old woman critically injured while serving an LDS mission in Australia have arrived in the country to be by their daughter's side during her recovery.
Sister Kendal Levine, who graduated from Stansbury High School in Tooele, had pulled off to the side of the road on Friday and gotten out to take a picture of a double rainbow near the city of Canberra. She was just getting back in her car when she was struck by another vehicle.
Levine did not suffer any broken bones, but doctors put her in a medically induced coma after noticing some bleeding in her lungs and head trauma.
Doctors found that Levine did not suffer any swelling to her brain. She is no longer on the medication that put her in the coma, and doctors were waiting for her to come out of it on her own, according to family members.
According to the Facebook page, Prayers for Sister Kendal Levine, her parents arrived at the hospital on Sunday. Levine had not woken up as of Sunday afternoon, according to the Facebook page. The family expressed their thanks for the many donations they had received which allowed Levine's parents to rush to their daughter's side.
A fund* has been set up at any Wells Fargo bank under "Melody and Dave Levine, Tooele Home Branch 84074, living in Hawaii." People can also donate to father David Levine's PayPal account at D45bulldog@hotmail.com.
*KSL.com
