Overview

• An October 8 Instagram post from the family's Growing Up Putman account reports fresh progress in the survivors' recoveries.
• Eleven-year-old Gia remains hospitalized but has been stabilized, and doctors removed her chest tube following a difficult night.
• Fifteen-year-old Noah is progressing in rehabilitation, walking in therapy and working on cognitive recovery after gains in speech, sleep, and mobility.
• Blake Putman and his daughters Lulu and Alena have been discharged from the hospital and are described as doing well.
• The Tuscola County Sheriff’s Office says a semi-truck failed to stop before colliding with the family’s Jeep, killing Bill “Papa,” Barb “Neenee,” and Megan Putman, and the driver, Pavel B. Shchukin, faces three counts of moving violation causing death and five counts causing serious injury.