Mother of children hit by car in Rochester home : ’I don’t know if my kids will ever get over it’

Rochester, New York — According to a Rochester woman, her children’s trauma will last a long time after a car slammed into their home Tuesday.

According to Shannon Evans, it’s pure luck she and her children are all still alive after all this. She said after the car blasted through her home, three of her kids were under the rubble, and she could not see the other two in all the commotion.

Evans says they all made it out, but not without injuries. One of her children is still in the hospital with fractures and a lacerated liver. Evans says all will likely have to deal with serious mental trauma that will last for years.

“I just tell them we’re going to get through this,” Evans said. “I don’t know. It’s going to be a long road though.”

Evans says her focus now is on her kids and their journey forward from this point.

“I think my kids, I don’t know if my kids will ever get over it,” Evans said. “If they will ever forget it. I don’t know the recovery process right now.”

Evans also thanked the first responders on the scene and all the neighbors who helped her and her kids during this very difficult event.

A GoFundMe fundraiser has been set up for the family.