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Calgary girl paralyzed in Texas highway crash begins treatment at California hospital

Mehak Minhas, 10, is being transferred to a California children's hospital after she was gravely injured in a Texas highway crash last month that killed her brother, father and grandmother. Gurpreet Singh/The Canadian Press

Ten-year-old Mehak Minhas is to arrive at the Shriners hospital in Sacramento today.

She’ll be accompanied by her eight-year-old sister Jupleen and mother Jasleen.

The trio were on a family holiday with three other family members when their minivan collided with an 18-wheeler northwest of Amarillo, Texas, early on July 14.

Upinder Minhas, 38, his six-year-old son Mehar, and 68-year-old mother Nirmal died.

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Mehak was airlifted to hospital in critical condition.

The family hopes the treatment at Shriners will help Mehek strengthen her muscles and stimulate her nerves.

She is no longer wearing a back brace and casts have come off the arm and leg that were broken in the crash.

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It won’t be known how long the Minhas family will stay in Sacramento until after an initial assessment.

They still don’t know what modifications may need to be made to their two-storey home to accommodate Mehak.

Jasleen Minhas says she’s been overwhelmed by the support the community has shown.

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