TBI Victim Joins Campaign to reduce DUI in Colorado
In an effort to decrease the amount of DUI’s in Colorado the Mothers Against Drunk Driving joined the Colorado State Patrol and Phil Long’s Saturn of Denver on New Year’s Eve to raise awareness of the consequences of driving drunk. MADD asked the public to display MADD red ribbons for the campaign Tie One On For Safety. MADD volunteer and DUI victim survivor Michael Westphale was hit by a drunk driver in 2003 and sustained a traumatic brain injury as well as other devastating injuries. After regaining consciousness from 22 days in a coma, he spent months in the hospital learning how to regain normal functions again. What was especially upsetting for him during his recovery was when his mom had to watch him learn how to take his first steps a second time at the age of 21. Car accidents are one of the leading causes of traumatic brain injury.
