Overview

• Ruiz left hospitalization and rehab this week almost 20 months after suffering severe injuries when her then-boyfriend ran over her in the Flores neighborhood on December 16, 2023.
• City security cameras recorded her attempting to re-enter the vehicle before the driver accelerated and struck her, contradicting his initial account of a dispute.
• Doctors documented hip and elbow fractures, a subdural hematoma, a left pneumothorax and polytrauma, with three months in intensive care followed by 17 months at Clínica Fleni in Escobar.
• Her sister, Camila, said she struggles to articulate words and must continue therapy at home to relearn walking and speaking.
• The accused, Lucas Feijoo, remains under house arrest since days after the incident, and the case has no scheduled trial date.