(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte woman is paralyzed from the waist down after a tree fell on her moving vehicle earlier this month.

 

Kaity Schultz, 37, had just dropped off her four year old son and was heading to work on May 18 when the tree fell on her vehicle on Fail Road north of Indiana 2 just outside the La Porte city limits.  Schultz underwent spinal surgery but remains without the use of her legs.

 

 

Her husband, Christopher, spoke to FOX 32 News out of Chicago.  “She was probably going 40 miles per hour and the tree just fell on her which is such a freak accident,” he said.

 

If it weren’t for the loss of her limbs, Schultz said nobody would be able to tell she was in an accident because of how she looks and feels.  “Right now, she can only move her shoulders and arms,” he said.

 

Schultz told FOX 32 News she was awake during the nearly two hours it took to remove her from the wreckage and expressed gratitude to a La Porte County sheriff’s deputy for holding her hand and offering encouragement until she was freed.  A GO Fund Me page has been created to help cover medical expenses.