It will be a long road to recovery for a local woman after a car accident on Highway 125 early Easter morning. Family, friends, and acquaintances are supporting 22-year-old Alyssa Long, of Mountain Home, however as she fights through the process. The entire experience could be described as horrific considering what Long had to do to get help.
She was traveling in the rain from Everton on Highway 125 towards Highway 62/412 around 2:30 Easter Sunday morning. According to her mother, Stacy Long, she either slid off the road or didn’t see a curve and jumped a ditch, landing in the woods.
The crash left her with both her arms broken, a broken ankle, a broken nose and a shattered jaw.
Her battery came out of her phone and she was unable to find it to call for help. Alyssa Long says she screamed for help for hours until she finally decided she would have to go find help. She somehow managed to walk up a hill, on her broken ankle, to a house in the area where she found good samaritans Tony Terrian and his wife on their porch. Terrian called 911 and despite her pain, Long had to wait approximately 30 minutes for an ambulance to get to her due to the rural location.
Stacy Long says her daughter’s injuries were all closed so they didn’t initially appear to be as serious as they were.
Alyssa Long was transferred to Cox Medical South in Springfield where she underwent four surgeries, on her arms, ankle and mandible. Her jaws will have to remain wired shut for five more weeks. She is currently at Healthsouth Rehabilitation Center in Fayetteville, where she’ll be undergoing physical and occupational therapy until she’s well enough to be discharged.
Alyssa Long’s dad, Robert Long, went to speak to Terrian and he says he has seen at least four accidents on the same curve, one he believes was fatal.
Alyssa Long is the mother of a four-year-old son.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help with expenses and getting her son to and from Fayetteville so they can visit.
The link can be found at https://www.gofundme.com/5cyt22g
There is also an account set up for donations at local Arvest Banks.
Image of the Terrian home from the highway near accident
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