Incident Summary
On New Year’s Day 2026 in Dallas, Texas, a drunk driver, 23-year-old Michael McRae, speeding and weaving through lanes on Central Expressway, slammed into a family’s vehicle. The crash flipped the car, ejecting 7-year-old Saeed Abbasov 60 feet. Saeed suffered severe injuries, including a mangled leg that required emergency amputation. He turned 8 days later while recovering in the hospital.
Victim’s Account and Resilience
Saeed’s mother, Ruksara Abbasova, described the horror: she found him on the ground surrounded by blood, initially unsure of the source until realizing his leg was gone. “When I saw him on the ground, I thought that I would lose him,” she told KDFW. Saeed himself showed remarkable spirit, saying, “The main…..