The Brief
- A 21-year-old Pasco Hernando State College student is heading home after spending months recovering from a traumatic brain injury suffered in a head-on crash.
- Kimmy Dinh underwent emergency brain surgery and intensive inpatient rehabilitation after the April crash.
- Her family and medical team say her progress has exceeded expectations, though she still faces months of outpatient rehabilitation.
HUDSON, Fla. – A 21-year-old Pasco Hernando State College student returned home Monday after surviving a devastating head-on crash that required life-saving brain surgery.
Hudson head-on crash
What we know:
Kimmy Dinh was driving on U.S. 19 near DiPaola Drive in Hudson on April 1 when she was severely injured in a head-on crash.
Pasco County firefighters cut her from the wreckage before rushed transport brought her to HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital.
The crash caused a traumatic brain injury that forced doctors to perform an emergency craniectomy. Medical staff temporarily removed a portion of her skull to relieve severe brain swelling.
A long road to recovery
The backstory:…