This article is from page 13 of the 2012-08-21 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 13 JPG
A 29-YEAR-OLD South East Clare woman, who fought bravely for more than two years to recover from a horrific crash in the United States, was laid to rest on Saturday.
On February 8, 2010, Nicole RyanGraham from Meelick suffered severe head injuries in a car crash in Kansas, which left her in a coma for 100 days.
Following a lengthy recuperation and with the financial support of family and friends, she entered a rehabilitation programme in the States, but she lost her fight for life last June.
Graham, who had been living in the US since 1998, was a passenger in the car involved in the accident which took place on February 8, 2010. She suffered multiple injuries, including severe head injuries, in the incident, which took place in extremely poor conditions for driving.
Locals in Meelick rallied around Nicole and her family following the accident and raised a considerable about of money to help fund her treatment. Nicole’s health insurance ran out on February 3, 2010, five days before the accident which left her in a coma.
In mid 2010, Ms Graham was transferred to the Meadowbrook Rehab Center in Gardner, Kansas. She is survived by her three children Kendra, Katie and Keslley, who was just 22-months-old when the accident took place.