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Teen Hit By Car Leaves Hospital
Joshua Castle Able To Breath On His Own
POSTED: 11:15 am CDT March 26,
2008
UPDATED: 12:47 pm CDT March 26,
2008
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. -- A Clarksville teenager who was hit by a car and then rescued by a soldier has been released from the hospital.Joshua Castle, 15, left Vanderbilt Medical Hospital on Tuesday and entered a rehab facility.A hospital representative said the teen is in stable condition and will finally be able to breathe on without medical devices.Castle was walking to school when he was hit by a car. Sgt. Major Stephen Blake happened to be passing by and used his field training to make Castle a tourniquet, which doctors said probably saved the boy's life.
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Previous Stories:
- March 13, 2008: Teen Hit By Car Remains In Coma
- March 13, 2008: Good Samaritan Soldier Aides Injured Teen
- March 11, 2008: Clarksville Teen Hit By Car, Critically Hurt
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