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TIL of Whitney Cerak. In 2006 she was involved in a vehicular accident in Indiana that left her in comatose and badly injured. But there was a mixed up. She was misidentified as the other lady who actually died. The other family & friends took care of her. The mistake was seen only after 5 weeks.

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