It may have been dumb luck that Crystal Sheffield’s father was driving along State Road 20 in Palatka early Monday afternoon. He says he spotted his daughter’s white SUV on the side of the road with a crowd of people around it. When he got out, he says he ran up to the vehicle and saw his daughter in the middle of a seizure.
Family friends said early Monday morning, Crystal called volunteers at the Haleigh Bug Foundation to tell them she was going to a local phone store to buy a landline for the foundation. Crystal stopped at a local Burger King for lunch, then while driving along State Road 20 suffered a seizure and bumped the rear bumper of the vehicle in front of her.
Sheffield was taken by ambulance to the Putnam Community Medical Center along with her 11-month-old daughter. Sheffield was admitted, hooked up to oxygen and monitored. Her daughter was looked after and was immediately released suffering no injuries.
Friends of the family said both Crystal and her daughter were wearing seatbelts and the 11-month-old was strapped into a child seat. The only visible damage on the outside of Sheffield’s SUV was a slight dent in the front bumper. Witnesses said the other car suffered no damage.
Sheffield’s family says this is the second seizure Crystal has ever gone through. She suffered her first two days before Haleigh was taken. Family members said she did go to the doctor then, but hasn’t been able to do any follow-up visits since her daughter’s disappearance.
Sheffield is expected to be okay and should be released from the hospital after minimal supervision. Her father was by her side the entire time she was in the hospital. Her mother was stuck at a different hospital in Jacksonville sitting with another family member, but was in constant contact by phone with her daughter.
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