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Man copes with loss of hand after Las Vegas crash involving suspected DUI driver

Reviewjournal RSS Feed·Bryan Horwath·2 days ago
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For Rogelio Vidal, life changed forever during his morning commute to a job site on May 15. Vidal, 54, was driving his pickup truck just after 6 a.m. on a ramp connecting Interstate 11 with Interstate 15, part of the Spaghetti Bowl near downtown Las Vegas, when his truck was hit by a Toyota Scion driven by a suspected DUI driver. “I felt the hit from the back,” the Spanish-speaking Vidal said, as his son Rogelio Vidal Jr., interpreted for him during an interview at his Las Vegas home Friday. “After the impact, I kind fainted or something.” When he realized his truck had flipped over, he said, he took off his seat belt with his right hand and saw how badly his left hand was injured. He screamed and didn’t remember much else until he was in a local hospital. Doctors decided to amputate the hand, he said. A commercial painter for Oasis Painting in Las Vegas, Vidal said he is now faced with an uncertain work future, mounting medical bills and emotional and physical pain.…

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