Crash victim with Vernon ties facing long recovery from numerous injuries

The son of a long-time Vernon area family is slowly recovering from serious injuries suffered in a motor vehicle crash earlier this month.

Adam Haubrich was driving on the Whistler-Squamish Highway Dec. 9 when witnesses say a car hit his vehicle head on at highway speed. He was then t-boned on the driver’s side by another vehicle and pushed into the guard rail.

A GoFundMe started by his friend Jessie Morden said Haubrich sustained serious, life threatening injuries which included multiple skull fractures, a brain bleed, all of his facial bones were broken (jaw, nose and orbital bones), a blown ear drum, eight fractured ribs, a fractured sternum, three spinal fractures and a compound fracture of his femur.

“Adam has undergone surgery to fix his femur which now has a rod and multiple screws holding it in place. He’s also had facial reconstruction surgery and 10 metal plates have been placed in his face,” said the GoFundMe page.