"The RV collided with the truck and went over an embankment falling approximately 40 feet, hitting trees," Marcelle told FOX Television Stations. Marcelle said two ladies traveling with Jonise died while Jonise was ejected from the RV and landed on the interstate. She was airlifted to a hospital with multiple fractures and bleeding from the brain, Marcelle said.
"Diamond stands tall in the face of any adversity and will overcome this tragedy," her grandmother said.Since the accident, Jonise has undergone two spine surgeries, a pelvis surgery where she has 57 staples in her hip. Marcelle said her granddaughter pursued modeling after suffering from depression and a suicide attempt in high school. "We kept telling her that she was beautiful; so she started taking pictures of herself and realized that she was beautiful," she continued. " It inspired her to go to college and major in Liberal Arts & Mass Comm to pursue acting and modeling."Marcelle said she recently visited her granddaughter at a Virginia hospital.
"She’s feeling grateful that she survived the crash and has faith that God will restore her," she said. "She’s confident that she will model again." "Diamond stands tall in the face of any adversity and will overcome this tragedy," Marcelle continued. The grandmother said the family is working to get Jonise to a facility where she can start rehab that specialized in spinal injuries. Meanwhile, VSP continues to investigate the accident. They identified the deceased victims as 39-year-old Lenisha Simon and 24-year-old Brenda Oyervides, both of Houston Texas.
Dated September 8th, from Baton Rouge, LA--915 miles S of Chicago. Newsworthy here today because...?
How fast were they going?