A Michigan high school athlete’s spine was fractured during a junior varsity football game when a boy twice his size leaped up and flattened him, according to shocking video.
The teen boys were on opposing teams during a Thursday evening jv game between Lakeshore and Kalamazoo Central High Schools and had just finished a play when the larger one seemingly crossed a line, according to the clip and the injured teen’s mom.
Footage taken by fans in the stands shows a Lakeshore player tackling the 15-year-old Kalamazoo Central player named Colton as the two teams tussle.
Then, while Colton is still on the ground, the hulking Lakeshore teen climbs off him, stands up and launches his full body weight back on the curled-up teen — pancaking him, the video shows.
Continue readingFollowing the body slam, Colton was carted off the field and taken to the hospital.
The 15-year-old was treated for two fractures in his spine and placed on muscle relaxers once he was released, his mother, Courtney Mims, told WSBT.
High school football player’s spine fractures after player twice his size pancakes him
“I’ve never felt anything like it. I’ve never been as upset or shaken up as I was over something for my son,” the boy’s mother said.
