A 10-year-old boy from Bear, Delaware, who was critically injured in a car crash five months ago, is finally heading home from the hospital.
Fifth grader Trey Harrison was discharged from Nemours Children's Hospital on Thursday afternoon. He said he was looking forward to reuniting with his pets.
"I'm excited to go in my own bed and play with my cats and see my siblings," Trey said.
Trey was sitting in the back seat when his mother's car crossed a median and crashed head-on into a police SUV in Newark on Route 273 on March 30.
Officer Drew Johnson with the New Castle County Police Department was driving the SUV. Instead of waiting for emergency responders, he and another officer jumped into action.
"Officer [Michael] Merrill and I, we provided tourniquets on Trey's arm and leg to prev