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'I should've died' | 21-year-old who fell out of mother's vehicle before getting hit by oncoming traffic is at home recovering

Sasha Smith, 21 years old, said the hardest part on her road to recovery was learning how to walk again.

CLEBURNE, Texas — It can be hard being a 21-year-old and stuck in the house. Take it from Sasha Smith.

“I’m just bored,” she said. “That’s the only hard part. I’m always bored I can’t do anything."

The reason she’s stuck in the house and not allowed to do anything is because of what happened to her on June 23.

“I just always think like why am I not dead…like I should’ve died," she said.

On that day, Sasha Smith’s mother Sherryta Smith picked her up from her boyfriend’s home in Grand Prairie.

Sasha Smith had been drinking and didn’t want to drive. As they were passing through Mansfield on FM 917 headed towards Cleburne, Sasha leaned on the door and fell out of her mother’s moving vehicle.

“I couldn’t figure out why that happened…like why did I do that?” said Smith.

As her mother tried to get to her, Sasha Smith was hit by two vehicles. Mansfield Police said the drivers did not stop.

When WFAA spoke with Sherryta Smith in June. She was praying for a miracle.

“It was like she twisted out of the truck, and I leaned, and I said 'Sasha,'” said Smith. “She was gone.”

Sasha Smith was taken to the same hospital where her father Steven Smith died 10 years ago from an accident. She had many injuries, including a fractured spine, a broken skull and several internal injuries. 

She said she couldn’t remember anything about the accident or her time in the hospital.

Two months later, Sasha Smith is at home recovering. She’s already walking again on her own. She’s looking forward to being able to work again and getting back to being a 21-year-old. 

    

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