Sophomore Nathan Krasnopoler, the Hopkins student who was struck by a car on Feb. 26, is not expected to recover cognitive function, according to family members.
Krasnopoler was seriously injured when he collided with a vehicle making a right turn while he was bicycling on University Parkway last month.
He has suffered severe brain damage as a result of the collision and is currently at Hopkins hospital where he has been in a coma since the accident.
According to a press statement released by his family, Krasnopoler suffered brain trauma from a lack of oxygen reaching his brain after his lung collapsed in the accident.
Doctors have determined through a series of tests that the brain damage he has sustained is permanent and that he is not expected to recover any brain function.
“We continue to support Nathan’s family and we await the results of the investigation into the accident,” Hopkins spokeswoman Tracey Reeves said.
Krasnopoler’s family has since filed a $10 million lawsuit against the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident, 83-year-old Jeanette Marie Walker, for traffic violations.
