Dui driver causes accident that violates Las Vegas Hairstylist

Las Vegas, nev. (FOX5) – Relatives and friends throughout Las Vegas Valley combine to help a hairdresser caused by a suspected DUI driver.

On Saturday evening on May 3rd, Christina Simons and friends from the Post Malone concert in the Allegian Stadium went towards the in-n-out burger when the police said a drunk driver hit a metal gate in a raptor truck. A friend tells Fox5, she shouted at everyone that everyone was ducking, but the gate hit Simons in the upper body and threw them.

The police report said Simons suffered “considerable” injuries with a collapsed lung. Relatives tell Fox5, Simons broke bones, from ribs to a shoulder blade. Your right side remains essentially immobilized, friends said.

The officials found the suspect a few blocks south of the crash site. The report states that officials found a “strong smell” of alcohol and blurred language.

According to the report, suspicious Christopher Raon admitted to leaving the stadium. When the officials asked whether Raon knew what happened, he said: “He scored a closed goal … He didn't hit anything else.”

Raon was charged with a crime Dui and another crime because he had not stopped at the scene. According to court files, the suspect received a deposit and alcohol surveillance of $ 150,000.

“To believe that someone else was ruthless and that did it, it broke my heart,” said the best friend Lace Cope. “He took almost everything to her,” said Cope.

Simons, a long -time hairdresser and colorist, has just fulfilled her dream of her own salon.

Simons will have a long way to recovery before she may be able to work again. Cope takes over the customers of Simons to recover her girlfriend months from Lost revenue.

Salons and stylists from all over the valley have created a fundraising campaign for the expenditure for business, life and medical editions.

“Let's concentrate on gratitude. That would really like because her whole life is [about] To be positive and to find beauty in dark places, ”said Cope.

Raon has a preliminary hearing on June 17th.

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