The teenager suffered serious injuries when he plunged nearly 100ft (30m).
  • athos77
    63•11 months ago

    Among his injuries were nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, broken hand and a collapsed lung. […] “We’re just lucky we’re bringing our kid home [to North Dakota] in a car in the front seat instead of in a box.”

    … I’m not sure that’s the best way to transport someone who was just diagnosed with nine broken vertebrae.

    • cooljacob204
      24•11 months ago

      I assume he was in whatever local hospital for a while until safe to move.

    • @TheAndrewBrown@lemm.eeEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      I think they meant that they will drive him home in the front seat. The article seems to be written within the same week as the accident, I can’t imagine he’s been released from the hospital yet.

      • topher
        3•11 months ago

        I thought it was odd, too - but from the article it seems like he has.

        He was flown to hospital with serious injuries but has since been discharged.

    • @lunarul@lemmy.world
      0•11 months ago

      I was thinking there must be younger siblings in the back, so he had to travel in front. But now I realize both parents were there, so that means one of the parents is in the back seat…

      • Zoidsberg
        3•11 months ago

        Wyatt’s father, Brian Kauffman, who was home in North Dakota at the time of the accident.