Chicago attack victim makes improvement

A YOUNG Irish student left fighting for her life after being beaten in a brutal baseball bat attack is now in a serious condition in hospital.

Natasha McShane’s condition has improved, as she had been on the critical list in the Chicago hospital since the attack two weeks ago. The 23-year-old student was struck twice in the head as she walked with a friend after a night out in a neighbourhood on the northside of Chicago.

She is being treated at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital, nationally renowned for its treatment of brain injuries