USF student stuck in Cuba after car crash

Barbara Jimenez, 22, does not have medical insurance to cover airlift to JMH

MIAMI – Family, friends and loved ones are raising money to transport an injured University of South Florida student to Jackson Memorial Hospital. 

"It's very disturbing to know that she's not here right now," said Barbara Jimenez's sister, Caridad. 

The 22-year-old is recovering from a coma in a hospital in Havana, Cuba, after a car crash earlier this month. The crash left a taxi driver dead and Jimenez's aunt and cousin in a coma.

Jimenez's boyfriend, John Fox, was airlifted to JMH after the crash. His condition has not been released.

Jimenez was visiting family on the island at the time.

"She wasn't conscious and she had a feeding tube," said Caridad Jimenez. 

The USF student does not have health insurance. The family has created a GoFundMe account to raise money for an air ambulance flight to South Florida. 

Click here to donate to her family's efforts to get her home.

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