Posted on 01/28/2014 9:20:39 PM PST by Doogle
A 16-year-old Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in an Oklahoma skydiving accident survived and is recovering from her many injuries, a doctor said Tuesday.
Dr. Jeffrey Bender, a trauma surgeon at OU Medical Center who treated Makenzie Wethington when she was flown Saturday from a skydiving school in Chickasha, said the girl hurt her liver and broke her pelvis, lumbar spine in her lower back, a shoulder blade and several ribs. She also has a broken tooth.
"I don't know the particulars of the accident as I wasn't there. But if she truly fell 3,000 feet, I have no idea how she survived," Bender said at a news conference at the hospital, where the girl's parents also spoke to reporters.
Not only did she survive, but she was in good condition Tuesday, Bender said, and was expected to leave the intensive care unit. Still, she has a long recovery ahead. Bender said it will be several weeks before she can bear any weight.
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I read what that father said and I’m at a loss for words, except three, what an idiot.
Right away looking for someone to blame and probably hoping to cash in.
“I did not see in article, usually this type of activity requires a signed release and a waiver.
Since injured teen is a minor- dad probably signed”
You are probably right and it is legally wrong. Most jump operations have an exculpatory contract for participants. A parent signed exculpatory contract is not enforceable because parents cannot sign away the rights of a minor child.
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