Patti Fox was not supposed to become a full-time nurse, benefits coordinator and amateur legal researcher for her own child. Yet that is where the Parker mom landed after her 22-year-old daughter, Carissa Aspnes, survived a near-fatal motorcycle crash in Aurora and was left with catastrophic brain injuries. Fox says a little-known federal victims’ office helped her family navigate the aftermath, even as she juggles round-the-clock care, staggering medical costs and a push to change how authorities communicate with victims’ families.
On the night of March 28, 2025, Aurora police say Aspnes was riding on a motorcycle that collided with a car that had crossed several lanes of traffic after exiting I-225 onto South Parker Road. The motorcycle then hit the median, and Aspnes was rushed into emergency surgery. Doctors described major trauma to the right hemisphere of her brain, and her family says medical bills quickly climbed into the seven figures. According to CBS Colorado, the driver fled the scene, later turned herself in and…..