earlier this month<\/a>. <\/p>\nWATCH BELOW: Teen has to ‘speak again, walk again’ after electric skateboard crash<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Walker woke up from a coma five days after the collision, which happened almost two weeks ago. <\/p>\n
She suffered serious injuries, including damage to her spleen and ribs, a crushed knee and possible brain damage. <\/p>\n
“I don’t remember much, but I was hit by a lime green dirtbike. That’s all I remember,” Brooklyn said.<\/p>\n
According to the sheriff’s office, a 14-year-old riding a dirtbike struck Brooklyn from behind. The case remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn’s father, Ryan Walker, said the neighborhood does not have streetlights, and the dirtbike did not have a light on.<\/p>\n
“Every night she goes out. I know she\u2019s there. But she\u2019s right in these areas, and she was hit from behind, and they didn\u2019t have a light on, and our neighborhood doesn\u2019t have street lights either,” Ryan Walker said.<\/p>\n
Ryan, a father of two, was traveling when he saw a social media post and felt something was wrong.<\/p>\n
“I saw a skateboard, and I knew something had happened to my daughter,” Ryan Walker said.<\/p>\n
When he arrived at St. Mary’s Medical Center, he was emotional as he found his daughter being treated.<\/p>\n
“I dropped right to my knees, and they had her in restraints,” Ryan Walker said. “I didn\u2019t know what to do. I tried to play the scenario out in my head. This is literally the worst thing I have ever dealt with in my entire life. I would never wish this upon anyone.”<\/p>\n
Ryan explained that Brooklyn is now experiencing memory loss and has to relearn everyday tasks.<\/p>\n
“She has to learn how to speak again, walk again. I would say that is the hardest part,” Ryan Walker said.<\/p>\n
The crash has also taken a financial toll on the family. Ryan Walker is the sole provider for the family after his wife passed away a year ago.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m really, really worried. Their mom passed away a year ago,” Ryan Walker said. “I’m the only income for the entire family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Because Brooklyn did not meet the age qualification for rehabilitation at the hospital, her father is finding other nearby therapy options to help her heal.<\/p>\n
WPTV also caught up with Brooklyn, who is finding strength day by day.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been riding my electric skateboard for a while, and I’ve never been hit until now,” Brooklyn said.<\/p>\n
Despite the challenges, Brooklyn has one simple goal \u2014 to heal and ride her horses again.<\/p>\n
“I would love to see her ride again. I would love to see that. That\u2019s my ultimate outcome,” Ryan said.<\/p>\n
The family started a GoFundMe<\/a> to help ease medical expenses. <\/p>\nThis story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 14-year-old girl in Palm Beach County is facing a long road to recovery after she was struck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-207269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}