Orphan loses his leg after drunk driver slammed into bus cease – teen got here to US from Guatemala

A California orphan who got here to this nation searching for the American Dream along with his brothers misplaced his leg after he was ready for a bus in Los Angeles and was struck by an alleged drunk driver. 

Gelvy Ortiz, 18, was sitting on the Wilshere Boulevard and twenty sixth Road bus cease on June 2, based on police. 

Instantly, John Edward Alevizos, 35, jumped the curb and crashed into Ortiz.

Ortiz, who got here to America – the place he nonetheless attends highschool – from Guatemala along with his three siblings, had his left leg amputated shortly after and stays hospitalized. The medical doctors struggled to avoid wasting his proper one. 

‘I used to be ready for the bus and the automobile hit me. I misplaced my left leg,’ he advised ABC7. 

Ortiz has lived with simply his brothers ever because the boys’ mom died of breast most cancers.

Brother David, 23, stated that he got here first earlier than ultimately bringing his brothers over from Guatemala, the place they’d been staying with their 80-year-old grandmother. 

He is been caring for his youthful brother day and night time, taking time away from the 2 jobs he already works. 

Ortiz is anticipating a wrestle for the household each financially and when it comes to the logistics of caring for Gelvy as soon as he comes house. 

‘We’ll must lease a bottom-floor residence. Our residence is on the highest flooring. He will not be capable to stand up the steps,’ he advised the information station. 

A GoFundMe was created by Amy Roblero to attempt to assist the household. She described Gelvy as a very good pupil. 

‘He all the time managed to acquire the most effective grades at college, whatever the language and racial boundaries he has confronted,’ Roblero wrote on the marketing campaign, which has raised over $46,000.

Gelvy, an avid soccer participant, additionally had plans to enlist in america Military after finishing highschool, based on KTLA. 

John Edward Alevizos, 35, posted bail and was let free shortly after he was arrested for the crash. He’s charged with felony DUI

The scene on the bus cease the place Ortiz was sitting at Wilshere Boulevard and twenty sixth Road on June 2

Ortiz, who deliberate to enlist within the US Military after highschool, is utilizing his religion to spur on his hopeful restoration. ‘I am asking God to present me the power to get by this example’

‘He did this all whereas his brothers labored in order that they might help each other.’ 

The marketing campaign’s objective is at present set at $100,000 for ‘medical payments, and pay for his or her primary human requirements (lease, meals, payments, and so on.)’ and to ultimately get Gelvy a prosthetic leg.

Ortiz is utilizing his religion to spur on his hopeful restoration.

‘I am asking God to present me the power to get by this example,’ he stated. 

Alevizos posted bail and was let free shortly after he was arrested for the crash. He’s charged with felony DUI.