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Family details recovery after LA lunch date turns to nightmare as out-of-control car severs a mother’s legs

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Family details recovery after LA lunch date turns to nightmare as out-of-control car severs a mother’s legs

Cristina Vargas is now facing a dramatically different life after the July 7 crash outside Los Cinco Puntos Mexican Deli in Boyle Heights, where she had been eating with her daughter.