Mother Stuck In Cuba & Being Prevented From Attending 3-Year-Old Son's Funeral
Justine Davis was in Cuba on vacation with her son Cameron (3) when they were in a traumatic accident while riding a scooter to lunch. Justine sustained multiple injuries but still crawled to her son's side. Now Cameron is back in Canada and being laid to rest on Saturday, but Cuban officials are preventing the release of Justine to make it home in time for his funeral. Click here to sign the petition.
On December 23, Justine Davis and her beautiful three year old son Cameron were on vacation in Cuba in the Cayo Largo area for the Christmas holidays. Earlier that day they had been visiting a park and turtle farm and other kid-friendly activities. Later they rented a scooter to go get lunch but 5 minutes after leaving the resort on the scooter they were involved in a serious collision with an industrial sized truck on an unpaved section of road.
Justine and Cameron were thrown from the scooter and upon impact Cameron’s helmet came off. Justine was approximately 30 feet from where Cameron was laying and crawled to him despite her multiple injuries. No one in the truck was injured. There were no other witnesses but it is believed Justine may have been swerving to avoid large potholes and then was hit by the truck coming around a bend.
Justine and Cameron were transported to hospital separately with Justine eventually being air-lifted to Havana where she had emergency surgery. Justine’s injuries include multiple contusions, a broken bone in her left arm, a compound fracture on her left leg and a deep and large wound on her left thigh.
The next day, after many unanswered pleas to hospital staff Justine learned that Cameron had died at the scene.
Although it is clear there was no mal-intent on the part of either Justine or the truck driver, police are not allowing Justine to leave Cuba. It even took their family weeks just to get Cameron's body back to Canada and that cost almost $10,000.
There is a petition on Change.org which people can sign to help expedite the process of getting Justine home in time for Cameron's funeral, which is on Saturday. Please sign the petition and help Justine's family bring her home!
(text sourced from Change.org article)
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