Overview
- Blake Putman says he remembers the entire collision and that his wife, Megan, and parents, Bill and Barb, died at the scene, a finding he says the autopsy confirmed.
- The crash happened September 26, 2025 near the family's home in Caro, Michigan as they returned from son Noah's football game.
- Noah spent two weeks in the ICU and two months in rehab and is now back at school, playing football and wrestling.
- Gia was airlifted for emergency surgery, underwent 10 brain surgeries, returned home in January with a tracheostomy, and continues daily rehab after recently saying "mom."
- In December, driver Pavel Schukin pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counts of moving violation causing death and received a one-year jail term, which the family met with public forgiveness and a gift of a Bible.