Dad, 23, Who Lost ‘Half’ His Blood in Horrific Highway Crash Is Searching for Strangers Who Pulled Him from Wreckage

“They really saved my life,” Zach Seaback said of the anonymous good Samaritans

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• Texas father Zach Seaback said strangers saved his life following a rollover crash that left him with a severe head injury
• Seaback’s wife, Reality Molina, learned of the crash through a Life360 alert, which notified her that he was involved in a crash
• Still hospitalized, Seaback and his wife hope to find the good Samaritans who helped so they can thank them in person

A Texas father of two said he is alive thanks to a group of strangers who rushed to help him after a terrifying rollover crash.

Zach Seaback of Grimes County, Texas, was seriously injured in an accident on Highway 6 in Brazos County on June 17, according to KBTX.

“I don’t remember much. I had an insane concussion,” Seaback, 23, said while speaking to the outlet. “I looked up and saw an 18-wheeler, and I tried to swerve around it. And I clipped his tire … I’m not really 100% positive what happened. And then I rolled."

After the crash, Seaback said he was fearful as he tried to get out of the wreckage, unsure whether his vehicle was still on the road amid oncoming traffic.

“I didn’t know if I was on the highway or not,” he recalled. “So, I was scared of a car coming back and hitting me from behind again. And so, I crawled my way to the back of the car, and those awesome people were there waiting for me and … really took care of me in that situation.”

Those “awesome people,” he said, were a group of good Samaritans who stopped at the scene and stayed with him until medics arrived.

“There were a lot of really nice people who gave me a lot of comfort in that situation,” Seaback said. “Because I didn’t know what was going on with me. I just knew there was blood everywhere. And everybody was just keeping me calm. … I kept telling them, you know, my head hurts, my head hurts. And they just kept telling me, you know, you were going to be okay.”

Seaback said he believes the bystanders kept his head elevated and tried to slow the bleeding before EMS arrived.

“I believe they kept my head up,” he said. “I believe they … tried to stop the bleeding as much as possible. I kept going in and out, though.”

Seaback’s wife, Reality Molina, said she learned something was wrong when she received a Life360 alert notifying her that her husband was involved in a crash.

“We have Life 360, so I got the ‘Zach, he has been detected in a car crash,’ ” Molina said while speaking to the outlet. “And, I was like, well, that can’t be real.”

She said she called Seaback’s phone, and after two rings, a stranger answered.

“Someone picked up, and they said … ‘Well, I’m assuming you’re his wife … your husband’s been in a car wreck,’ ” Molina recalled. “And so, I was like, okay, is he, is he okay? Is he alive? You know, and they were like, ‘We’re getting him out of the car, he’s alive … he’s bleeding from his head, but … he’s alive.’ ”

Molina said it took her about 15 minutes to get to the scene, and Seaback was already in an ambulance by the time she arrived.

During the drive, Molina said one of the bystanders stayed on the phone with her, offering support in the chaotic moments before she reached her husband.

“The entire 15 minutes it took me to get there, I was on the phone with a man. And I don’t know his name,” she said. “I stole comfort in those 15 minutes when I was rushing there, so … I am very grateful for him, and I really hope he reaches out so I can talk to him.”

Later, Molina said she found a purple jacket in the wrecked vehicle that did not belong to the couple. She believes someone may have used it to help protect Seaback from broken glass as bystanders pulled him from the vehicle.

Seaback said he believes the strangers’ help may have saved his life.

“It took the ambulance 20 minutes to get there,” he said. “So, in 20 minutes, I would probably not have been alive if, you know, [they] stepped in and did everything they did to help me.”

Seaback remains hospitalized and said he is still facing another surgery.

“[Doctors] said that I probably lost about half of my blood,” Seaback said, explaining that the bleeding came from his scalp. “I have to get another surgery on my head. They may have to take skin from my leg … to do a skin graft if they’re not able to get the skin back together.”

Molina said medical staff repeatedly told her that Seaback’s survival was remarkable.

“He had no broken bones,” she said. “I can’t tell you how many doctors and cops and nurses told me that it was a miracle that … he even made it out.”

Now, Seaback and Molina are hoping to find the people who stopped to help, including the man who answered Seaback’s phone and stayed on the line with Molina, so they can thank them in person.

“They really saved my life,” Seaback said. 

Molina is also now urging other drivers to be careful on the road.

“There’s a lot of construction and traffic and wrecks lately,” she said. “So, you know, just be very vigilant and alert. Because, again, this could have been anyone. I never thought in a million years it was going to be him,” she told the outlet.

The family has since established a GoFundMe to help Seaback with medical bills and support his family as he recovers. 

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“Zach will not be able to work for the foreseeable future, and his family is confronted with mounting medical bills and ongoing household expenses,” his family wrote on the fundraising page.

“Thank you for helping our family in this unexpected dark time,” they added.

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