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Patient who survived being rolled over by a Hummer treated at Encompass Health Franklin

John Pugh thought he was going to die when his was intentionally hit and run over by a woman driving a Hummer in the parking lot of his place of work. “I remember the front tire rolling over me... I remember the sound of my ribs breaking,” said Pugh.

While grateful to be alive, Pugh still suffered many serious injuries including a collapsed lung, crushed ribs and collar bone, broken femur bone as well as a number of other injuries. After multiple surgeries, he was admitted to Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Franklin to help him regain the strength and function he needed to return home.

(Source: WKRN)