Steffany Smith-Lester, a 21-year-old Crittenden County woman, remains in critical condition and in a coma at Vanderbilt Hospital as family and doctors cling to hope for her and her unborn child.Smith-Lester was injured in an automobile accident Feb. 12 on the Ledbetter Bridge near Paducah. She was flown to Vanderbilt where friends and family have held a vigil, praying for improvements in the young mother and her 13-week-old fetus.
The Paducah Sun published an article Tuesday on her condition. The baby's heartbeat is getting stronger, but the mother remains in a coma. The Crittenden Press collaborated with The Paducah Sun writer Matt Sanders on information for the story, which will be published also in this week's edition of The Crittenden Press.
If you have an online subscription to The Paducah Sun, you can view the article now. Otherwise it will be available Thursday when The Press Online is updated.
The inset photo is of Smith-Lester and her husband, Shain.
