A New Jersey couple who were seriously injured in a scooter accident while on vacation in the Bahamas this week - and who were refused medical treatment by Bahamian and Miami hospitals - were flown home on Friday to Hackensack University Medical Center, according to a report published by Northjersey.com.
Diandra Barreto and Michael Gallinella of Woodbridge were riding on a rented scooter when they crashed on the tropical island on Sunday.
Barreto, 24, had a dislocated leg, several spine fractures and a lacerated liver which may have been bleeding internally for six days. Gallinella, 36, had broken ribs, a punctured lung and a possible neck injury.
But both were stuck in a hospital in the Bahamas for nearly a week because two hospitals refused to treat the uninsured couple, friends and relatives said…