A 42-year-old woman in East Chicago, Ind., is struggling to recover from a bad crash and her health insurance is tapped out.

The victim was a waitress in a popular caf?. As CBS 2 Northwest Indiana Bureau Chief Pamela Jones reports, the woman’s family is hoping the community will serve up some generosity to help with skyrocketing medical bills.

Lourdes Malagon’s only wish is to go back to a normal life.

She’s recovering at the Lake County, Ind. Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a car crash in August caved in her skull and crushed her chest.

“The most important is the injury in my head, my lungs, my jaw because I’m not able to eat anything,” …

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