The family of a TikToker who was left with life-changing injuries after a horrific hit-and-run crash have revealed she is undergoing rehab and can now speak.

Camryn Herriage, 24, miraculously survived the smash that injured five people and killed her best friend Sarah House last February.

Their vehicle was waiting at a red light in Dallas when a Ford pickup truck slammed into them, causing a chain reaction car crash.

Herriage was rushed to hospital and placed on a ventilator while her college roommate House, 22, died.

In posts to her social media in March and April, her mother has revealed Herriage has been undergoing extensive rehab and has started talking again.

Part of her rehab includes swimming, Shirley wrote, as she asked for followers to pray for her daughter.

She wrote: ‘Just pray for her to hold up and all of us to get answers to our prayers. She will walk again. She is fighting so hard. It just breaks my heart.’

Following the incident she underwent brain surgery, heart surgery and several other operations.

Camryn Herriage, 24, was left with devastating injuries following the smash that injured five people and killed her roommate and friend, Sarah House, last February

In posts to her social media in March and April, her mother Shirley has revealed that Herriage has been undergoing extensive rehab and has started speaking

Doctors had not expected her to do as well as she has due to how traumatic her injuries are. 

The woman who allegedly took off was later identified by police as 27-year-old Carmen Guerrero

Herriage had also celebrated her birthday earlier this year, something which her uncle Tim had celebrated, expressing his gratitude for her.

He said: ‘Camryn is 24 today. She almost wasn’t. She’s had an amazingly difficult 11 months since her accident.

‘She’s happy, cheerful, and funny. She believes she’ll walk again and that God has a purpose for her.

She says she’s going to work for me, and I think that would be awesome. Her mind is in better shape than her body.

‘But, 11 months ago her head wasn’t connected to her body, to I’d say she’s kicking ass. It won’t be easy. It won’t be perfect. But she is a fighter and has her mind right.’

The two were struck by an ‘extremely intoxicated’ woman, later identified as 27-year-old Carmen Guerrero who bystanders say fled the scene on foot.

Guerrero was later arrested 11 days after the collision when detectives located her wallet in her vehicle.

Their vehicle was waiting at a red light on Beckley Avenue, in Dallas, when a Ford pickup truck slammed into them, causing a chain reaction car crash

Herriage had also celebrated her birthday earlier this year, something which her uncle Tim had celebrated with a post to his own Facebook

According to Shirley, Guerrero was sentenced in April to 18 years for the horrific smash and revealed that her daughter had spoke at sentencing.

She posted: ‘She did such an amazing job. She had everyone in the courtroom in tears. Everyone could hear every word. She said it was so clear and so well spoken.

‘She said the lady was a monster for what she did to her friend and to her!!As, you know, she lost her best friend in the car wreck.  We were so proud of her.’

House worked at Ralph Lauren after graduating from Texas Tech, having studied business, management and marketing and also competed in bikini competitions.

House was remembered in a GoFundMe, which raised over $36,000, for her ‘bright spirit and infectious laughter’.

‘Sara was known for her compassionate nature and her unwavering desire to make everyone around her happy,’ her loved ones said last month.

Herriage worked at a social media management and branding company based in Lubbock, Texas

Herriage’s best friend and college roommate from Texas Tech University, Sara House, (pictured) tragically died in the hit-and-run

‘Her kindness and caring demeanor touched the lives of many, leaving a lasting impression on all who knew her.’

Herriage’s sister Casie Campanello previously said: ‘A careless act put us in a situation that change all of our lives.

The college roommates were extremely close and would often make TikToks together, which Herriage shared on her profile boasting 32,000 followers.

Herriage worked at a social media management and branding company based in Lubbock, Texas.

She had only recently moved back to North Texas after graduating from college in December.