For the first time since the summer, Makiah Worthy has set foot in her Barnegat Township home.
The 15-year-old’s life took a traumatic turn in July when she was struck by an automobile while crossing Route 72 in Manahawkin early in the evening. She sustained serious head and lower body injuries.
Worthy was sent to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where after several weeks in the intensive care unit she began an arduous in-patient rehab regimen.
The teen came home on Dec. 7, and now goes three days a week to Weisman Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital and…
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