An athlete in Illinois High School had an unimaginable injury while warming up to the triple jump at a meeting last month.
Dylan Westcott from Rock Falls High School broke his neck in a freak accident that left him paralyzed from his chest down. The 18-year-old has been emerged at Shirley Ryan Appable Lab and has been able to sit in a wheelchair since about a week after the disaster on March 15.
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An athlete on the high school’s course and field athlete was paralyzed after a freak accident. (Pakinomist)
Rock Falls High School Main Port Trainer Eric Bontz shared the terrible details in an interview with KWQC TV.
“He warms up in the triple jump, just ran through, and as he walked through the sand, he either stumbled over his own feet or over the sand and kind of stumbled and was kind of ran when he stumbled and just fell his head first into the wall,” Bontz said.
Wescott reviewed 12 hours of surgery immediately after the accident, according to the Daily Gazette. He got two cages inserted to stabilize his neck with a vertebra was replaced with a titanium plate.
High School Basketball Player jumps into action to save the opponent’s life after on the field collapse
“You go from being a normal, happy family with, anyone talking about future plans and exams, prom – he was just accepted to study as a veterinarian technically after high school – and saw him in a wheelchair, not able to do a lot of the things he used to do,” Westcott’s aunt, Kim Wescott Kilday said. “It really hurts.”
A general look at the triple jump. (IMagn)
Wescott’s family and coach has praised his elasticity.
A Gofundme has raised more than $ 22,000 to help with medical expenses.
