{"id":347677,"date":"2026-06-05T06:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347677\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:37:08","slug":"man-told-hed-never-walk-again-after-crash-now-on-the-road-to-remarkable-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347677\/","title":{"rendered":"Man told he\u2019d never walk again after crash now on the road to remarkable recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Karanveer Singh\u2019s recovery has become a source of inspiration at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakersfieldrehabilitation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield<\/a> after a devastating crash left him facing the possibility of permanent paralysis.<\/p>\n<p>Singh, 27, was in a serious truck accident in October 2024 and suffered a partially broken bone in the C-5 vertebra. Doctors told him he would be paralyzed for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karanveer Singh lies in hospital bed with limited mobility. PHOTO: THE REHAB CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/37a774e0-d363-4820-a4fd-ff7de0caf0a1-IMG_4019.JPG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Karanveer Singh lies in hospital bed with limited mobility. PHOTO: THE REHAB CENTER OF BAKERSFIELD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I found out I couldn&#8217;t feel anything below my waist .. and I was just thinking what&#8217;s going to happen now.. I couldn&#8217;t understand what was going on,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the crash, Singh struggled emotionally, feeling depressed and discouraged, with days when he did not want to get out of bed.<\/p>\n<p>But after arriving at the Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield in January, Singh began making progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I stood on the parallel bar, that&#8217;s when I knew like, I can do it. Then I progressed to the walker and started walking a few steps,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karanveer Singh all smiles after standing up on his own PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/95bcb411-703f-4e59-b472-a393a169c15d-IMG_0205.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Karanveer Singh all smiles after standing up on his own PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Singh credited his therapist, Kyle, for supporting him throughout his therapy. Singh and Kyle work together four times a week, in addition to other exercises and occupational therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Kyle said Singh\u2019s walking distance has steadily increased during therapy sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking on the walker, and going from 5.. 10ft to 20, and then a little bit more, and then you know we&#8217;re walking pretty consistently about 150 feet, you know, if everything will coordinate with us, if the stars align, it&#8217;s about 150 feet every time,\u201d Kyle said.<\/p>\n<p>As Singh continues to improve, he said he plans to return to work. He also offered encouragement to others facing difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo just stay positive, trust in God, and then just think positive, like if you start thinking positive, positive things are gonna happen to you,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n<p>Administrator Jayson Guzman praised Singh\u2019s progress, calling him \u201cbeloved\u201d and describing his improvement with the therapy team as \u201cnothing short of remarkable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Karanveer Singh\u2019s recovery has become a source of inspiration at The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-347677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}