Teen injured in car crash focused on helping others from hospital bed

Sunday afternoon, four people between the ages of five and 17 were taken to hospital after a jeep-styled vehicle flipped and rolled over on Nova Scotia’s Pictou Island.

Fifteen-year-old Lindsay Berringer was critically injured in the accident. The teen has two collapsed lungs, a broken nose, hearing loss in her right ear, 10 broken ribs, and she lost a kidney.

Berringer was supposed to start grade 10 at John A MacDonald, instead, she's at the IWK with a long road ahead of her.

“It’s really hard for her being there, hooked up to all the machinery crying, saying ‘mom help me’ and I can’t do anything,” says Berringer’s mother Lorna Zinck Gordon. “It’s the worst position to be in. I would rather be in the bed for her. I think any other mother or father would.”

Berringer’s condition has improved, but while many people would be focused on taking their recovery one day at a time, she is focused on a day a week away; the day a fundraiser she organized is scheduled to be held.

As soon as Berringer regained consciousness, she asked about the event in support of Camp Brigadoon, a non-profit camp that caters to children, youth and families living with a chronic illness, chronic condition or special need in Atlantic Canada.

Berringer attended Camp Brigadoon when she was 10 to help deal with her grief after she lost her father.

“She witnessed the death, it was an accident and it left a big hole in her heart,” says Zinck Gordon.

The fundraiser is schedule to take place at the Hubley Community Centre a week from Saturday.

Berringer’s friends and family are working to make sure it goes off without a hitch

“Her commitment to this event is beyond the call of duty,” says David Graham, Camp Brigadoon’s executive director.

Zinck Gordon is still looking for auction items and monetary donations to help reach the $6,000 goal.

“By sponsoring a child, like someone did for her, she knows that’s going to make their heart a little better for one week,” says Zinck Gordon.

Those looking to support the cause can contact Lorna Zinck Gordon at 902-412- 3217 or donate to the Credit Union Atlantic account number 00172-106.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Kelly Linehan