alumna and husband survive life-threatening car accident

photo courtesy of Hannah Clouser Mrs. Hannah Clouser and her husband, Corey, work on the everyday necessities, such as navigating shops in public and getting his wheelchair up on the curb without assistance. The couple is getting closer to Mr. Clouser’s discharge date from rehab as he continues to improve constantly

2015 TKA alumna Mrs. Hannah (Forsberg) Clouser and her husband, Corey Clouser, were rear-ended by a F-350 that was driving at over 110 mph Oct. 11, 2025. Rolling over multiple times, their car was completely crushed. Mrs. Clouser was life-flighted to the hospital and Mr. Clouser was taken by ambulance. While dealing with her own injuries, Mrs. Clouser supported her husband while he was in a two-month, non-medically induced coma.

“With my recovery, they ended up keeping me by overnight, and then they discharged me the day after the accident,” Mrs. Clouser said. “I had a pretty bad brain injury/concussion. I also had some injuries to my neck: bruises and cuts, things like that.” 

Along with the injuries, Mrs. Clouser had a blurred memory for a week and a half after the accident. 

“My husband and I were in Helen, Georgia during Oktoberfest,” Mrs. Clouser’s sister and TKA alumna, Mrs. Kersten Forsberg said. “I got a notification on my phone that a crash had been detected on Hannah’s iPhone, and that the phone had called emergency medical services.”

It took Mrs. Clouser a few days to be able to comprehend the wreck, and that her husband was in the hospital. 

“The first time that I saw Corey was about two weeks after the accident,” Mrs. Clouser said.  “He was still in his coma. Having to go from one moment, a normal life of just living life and laughing and doing something fun together, to just seeing your person in a coma.”

Mr. and Mrs. Clouser have leaned heavily on Christ through this time. There are several Bible verses that help them to get through these dark, difficult times. 

“The one [verse] that Corey loves is Genesis 50:20, which says, ‘As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good,’” Mrs. Clouser said. “‘To bring it about that many people should be kept alive as they are today.’ I feel like that has been such a comfort for me as I’ve had to walk through this, to see all the ways that the Lord has shown up for us.” 

Since the accident, Mrs. Forsberg has seen Mr. Clouser grow in his faith and continue to spread the Gospel even more. 

“Corey and Hannah are the best people in the world, and we’re so grateful that they didn't pass away, and as a family, we are so grateful for how God has used this in our life. I think we really look forward to how God will redeem this tragedy even more,” Mrs. Forsberg said.

The road lying ahead for the Clousers will be a long journey as they take their lives week by week through their recovery. Although she wishes there was a roadmap to recovery, it can be different and unpredictable for every patient with a traumatic brain injury. 

“With Corey and his recovery, there’s so much that can change in the span of a couple days, let alone a week,” Mrs. Clouser said. “So for me right now I plan to just approach every day with open hands and being hopeful and expectant and being ready for whatever the Lord has planned for us.”