Alex Greig reunited with children after Mt Irving crash
Alex Greig has been through hell and back since the day his family was torn apart by a tragic crash which claimed the lives of his wife and daughter. Now, the Gympie dad has been reunited with his family for the first time since the accident.
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The Gympie dad, who survived a crash that claimed his beloved wife and daughter and overcame serious injuries doctors had said would cause irreparable damage, has been reunited with his family.
Alex Greig, together with his surviving children and their loved ones has been through hell and back, since the double-fatal crash near Toowoomba on July 8, which took Jessica, a local nurse and 12-year-old Giselle.
His mother, Colleen Pring, told the Gympie Times on Tuesday, it was as though her son ‘died and came back to life’.
In September she had revealed Alex was making a miracle recovery, despite doctors’ claims he would be a vegetable for the rest of his life.
Now, one month later, Alex has continued to take leaps and bounds in his recovery journey.
Mrs Pring said on Wednesday her son was out of hospital and living independently for the first time since the accident.
“I look at him now and I’m just so grateful he’s here, because the doctors basically told me to say goodbye,” she said.
“There was obviously a reason for him to be here.”
After Alex left hospital, he had an emotional reunion with three of his children, including 10-year-old Jett, who was also in the crash but escaped serious injury.
He’s also reunited with one of his sons from a previous marriage, while his 15-year-old daughter Paris, also from a previous marriage, remains in hospital with significant injuries.
“She has a long way to go, but she’s making gradual progress,” Mrs Pring said.
“His children are his world, and he’s still grieving very badly for his wife and his daughter.”
Alex is yet to reunite with his youngest daughter, seven-year-old Oceana.
Mrs Pring said Jett and Oceana are still living with their grandparents in Gympie, but hopefully can live with their father full-time soon.
Mrs Pring said her son has been living alone and independently for a few weeks since he was discharged from hospital, but still had a long way to go in rehabilitation.
“He’s doing everything by himself, but he still has his rehab and he still has an exercise physiologist that has worked out a plan for him to do at the gym, so he can continue his strength and fitness,” she said.
While he’s doing much better, Alex is not yet comfortable getting behind the wheel.
A Queensland police spokesperson said investigations into the crash were ongoing, and no one had been charged.
A GoFundMe started by Mrs Pring to fund Alex’s rehabilitation journey has reached $2,710.
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