(WBAP/KLIF) The total count of people injured after a car plowed into a crowd during a White Nationalist Protest “Unite the Right” and counter-protesters has gone up to 35 with one fatality. 20 year old Natalie Romero is one of the 35 who happens to be from Houston ,Texas.
She is currently in a Virginia hospital recovering from a small skull fracture and multiple injuries to her face. Since the attacks on Saturday, her mother Erica Chaves has spoken with her and set up a GoFundMe to help with her recovery fees. The page currently has a goal of $10,000 and has already received an out-poor of support and is just about $3,000 away from reaching their goal.
In 2016, Romero graduated from Houston ISD’s Bellaire High School were she was active in the schools JROTC program. Chaves says her daughter is the first in her family to attend college and is currently on a full scholarship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville: “I always told her, I know I cannot pay for college, so you need to study hard so you can get good grades and get a scholarship… and she’s helping me out. Whenever I need money, she’s the one sending me. She’s not asking me for money.” said Chaves.
Via KHOU.
