A Texas teen‘s spinal cord was severed after he jumped into a pool while trying to escape a wasp, according to his family. On June 20, SJ Williams, 13, was “running away from a wasp” with a friend at a community pool and either dove or flipped head-first into the shallow end of the pool, […]
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Casualties from turbulence-hit flight are in intensive care and need spinal operations
Many of the most seriously injured people on a turbulence-hit flight on which a British man died need spinal operations, a hospital said. A spokesman for Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in Bangkok said six Britons are among 20 people still in intensive care. The hospital has provided medical care to a total of 104 people who […]
Contractor crushed by T-38 jet suffered broken ribs, spinal fractures
A civilian maintainer was hospitalized for nearly a week with multiple broken bones and other injuries after the nose of a T-38A Talon training jet collapsed on him at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, in February 2023, according to an Air Force investigation. The unnamed contractor was lubricating the Talon’s landing gear as part […]
Woman photographed throwing tree after claiming £650k for spinal injuries
A woman who tried to claim €760,383 (£649,967) for injuries she suffered in a car crash lost her case after she was pictured winning a Christmas tree throwing contest. Kamila Grabska, 36, said she was left with a ‘‘disabling’’ condition following the accident where the vehicle she was in was hit from behind in February […]
Student pilot has spinal surgery in Asheville after plane’s crash landing on I-26
ASHEVILLE — A student pilot is recovering from spinal surgery at Mission Hospital after he and another pilot crashed aboard a single-engine plane into Interstate 26 the night of Dec. 14. According to flight logs, the plane took off from Knoxville, Tennessee, at 7:36 p.m. Dec. 14 for its fourth flight of the day. About […]