Girl hit by SUV while crossing Worcester street awake after coma [Video]

Ayuen Leet, a 13-year-old Massachusetts girl who was struck by a car while crossing a street is awake and starting rehab following a lengthy coma. Ayuen suffered serious injuries when she was hit by an SUV near 164 Shrewsbury Street on July 30. The teen’s family told WCVB she was walking home from the nearby African Community School when the crash happened. The girl was rushed to UMass Memorial Medical Center, where she was placed in the intensive care unit.”The first days were really devastating, heartbreaking. We did not know if she was going to make it,” said Jok Leet, one of Ayuen’s older brothers. Ayuen, a hardworking student who loves to laugh and draw, spent more than a month in a coma. She didn’t wake up until late last week, when her family said she suddenly opened her eyes and began asking for family members by name.”She tried to …