Newcastle Car Crash Survivor Finishes First Cross-Country Race Since Miraculous Recovery
A Newcastle teen reached a major milestone in his recovery since he nearly died in a car crash in 2017. Caleb Freeman and his brother were in a car that hydro-planed, flipped and then was hit by a semi. After the crash, Caleb had a less than five percent
Wednesday, October 9th 2019, 6:20 am
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A Newcastle teen reached a major milestone in his recovery since he nearly died in a car crash in 2017.
Caleb Freeman and his brother were in a car that hydro-planed, flipped and then was hit by a semi.
After the crash, Caleb had a less than five percent chance of survival.
On Tuesday, Caleb finished his first cross-country race since the accident. He finished the 3.1 mile race in 51 minutes and 44 seconds.
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