Student finds strength after car accident
By Jay Davis | WSSU News & Information

Jaylen Brown says he’s just an ordinary guy who beat death.

The Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) senior’s life changed on Dec. 19 on a two-lane road near Mooresville. He was hit head-on when a driver veered into his lane.

“All I remember are the white lights,” he says.

After that, he lost consciousness. When he gained consciousness, he couldn’t feel his legs. Brown, an exercise science major from Salisbury, had suffered a broken hip and pelvis. He was transported to the hospital and quickly underwent seven hours of surgeries with a team of seven doctors.

Doctors stabilized the breaks by inserting metal rod and eight pins.

“The whole time, I was blessed with the fact that I was alive,” he says. “God pulled me through. I felt that blessing for sure.”

He returned home in Salisbury just after Christmas bound by a wheelchair. Continue reading