A father of four from San Leandro remains in critical condition this week after a solo crash on the freeway in Berkeley earlier this month.
Sam Bryant, 45, was alone in his Toyota SUV when the collision happened July 20 on eastbound I-80 at about 2:30 a.m. on the stretch of freeway between University Avenue and Gilman Street.
Bryant’s wife Jovita told The Scanner on Tuesday that Sam had just been sick a day before the crash but had gone to work anyway.
He was driving home from work when the collision happened.
“He wasn’t drinking,” she said. “He fell asleep behind the wheel.”
As of Tuesday, Sam was still in critical condition on a ventilator at Highland Hospital with numerous broken bones including a fractured skull, Jovita said.
He is also fighting pneumonia and can’t have surgery until his lungs heal, his wife said.
“All we ask is for prayers. If you love Sam, just pray,” Jovita Bryant told The Scanner. “Prayer changes everything.”
Sam is a member of the Word Assembly Family of Churches and has been active in his motorcycle club, the Oakland Zodiacs. He is well known in the
A father of four from San Leandro remains in critical condition this week after a solo crash on the freeway in Berkeley earlier this month.
Sam Bryant, 45, was alone in his Toyota SUV when the collision happened July 20 on eastbound I-80 at about 2:30 a.m. on the stretch of freeway between University Avenue and Gilman Street.
Bryant’s wife Jovita told The Scanner on Tuesday that Sam had just been sick a day before the crash but had gone to work anyway.
He was driving home from work when the collision happened.
“He wasn’t drinking,” she said. “He fell asleep behind the wheel.”
As of Tuesday, Sam was still in critical condition on a ventilator at Highland Hospital with numerous broken bones including a fractured skull, Jovita said.
He is also fighting pneumonia and can’t have surgery until his lungs heal, his wife said.
“All we ask is for prayers. If you love Sam, just pray,” Jovita Bryant told The Scanner. “Prayer changes everything.”
Sam is a member of the Word Assembly Family of Churches and has been active in his motorcycle club, the Oakland Zodiacs. He is well known in the