A Good Samaritan stopped to help victims of B.C. HWY 1 crash. But now he needs help

Naeema Aftav didn’t cognize that erstwhile she answered the telephone successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Nov. 12 she would larn her hubby had been injured successful a car accident.

“They conscionable said, Manshur is present and you cognize you request to get here,” she said.

“And they wouldn’t archer maine anything. So I conscionable thought possibly the worst has happened.”

Aftav’s husband, Manshur Mariwa, had been driving for Uber earlier that nighttime when helium came crossed an mishap connected Highway 1 successful Burnaby.

Police told Aftav that Mariwa stopped to assistance and helium was subsequently deed by different car.

“That’s each they told me, that portion helium was helping helium got injured,” Aftav said.

She said it wasn’t until a fewer days aboriginal that she recovered retired Mariwa had a lawsuit successful the car astatine the clip and helium had told him that helium was going to cheque everyone was OK.

“He walked towards to assistance the radical and helium recovered injured people,” Aftav said.

However, aft that moment, she said her hubby does not retrieve anything.

Burnaby RCMP initially said 5 vehicles were progressive successful the collision, BC Highway Patrol aboriginal said “at slightest 4 vehicles.”

Five radical received aesculapian attraction including 3 with superior injuries requiring hospitalization, Highway Patrol said.

“This probe is successful its aboriginal stages, but it appears that astatine slightest 2 superior injuries happened aft the archetypal collision erstwhile radical were extracurricular of their vehicles,” Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol said successful a statement.

Aftav said her hubby was earnestly injured successful the collision, suffering a large concussion and trauma to his head.

“I americium conscionable precise blessed. And he’s precise blessed that he’s alive,” she said.

He remains unstable and shaky, Aftav said, and helium is dealing with headaches portion connected a agelong roadworthy to recovery.

However, Aftav said her hubby was compelled to halt and help.

“My hubby is an internationally trained aesculapian doc from Pakistan and his inheritance is from the Philippines,” she said.

Aftav, who is simply a nurse, said they met successful Pakistan and came to Canada a fewer years agone but each the reddish portion that is required for planetary graduates to enactment done successful bid to go a doc successful Canada near Mariwa conscionable trying to enactment his household by driving Uber and moving astatine Home Depot.

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“Him being a doctor, I deliberation that’s the biggest happening successful him, helium wants to help,” she said.

The household is present seeking assistance done GoFundMe to assistance them get by portion Mariwa recovers.

“Emotionally, it is precise hard for him and for myself,” Aftav said. “So, you know, with this small spot of help, astatine slightest we are, you know, not going to interest close distant for wherever the money’s going to travel from. How americium I going to wage the bills?”

ICBC told Global News it volition enactment with WorkSafeBC to guarantee Mariwa receives the benefits helium is entitled to.

Aftav said her hubby needs a batch of idiosyncratic attraction astatine this time, on with specialists, counselling, physiotherapists and affectional support.

She said she has not heard backmost from Uber yet.

For now, Aftav said she has paperwork to capable retired and calls to marque on with taking attraction of her sick husband.

But she is overwhelmed with the emotion and enactment from everyone successful their communities.

“I person nary words to amusement my gratitude,” she said. “It conscionable shows however important the assemblage is.”