A 12-year-old baseball player from Utah was placed in a coma Monday after sustaining a skull fracture from falling off his bunk bed at the Little League World Series.
Easton Oliverson, a player for Snow Canyon from Santa Clara, Utah, underwent emergency surgery Monday morning, according to multiple reports. Oliverson fell off the top of a bunk bed in the middle of the night at the dorm in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and was life-flighted to a nearby hospital.
“While living the dream and having the opportunity of a lifetime in Williamsport, last night my little nephew Easton fell off the bunkbed. He has been life-flighted to a children’s hospital in Danville, PA,” a family member wrote on social media Monday, per Ashley Imlay of KSL-TV in Utah.
Oliverson’s uncle, Spencer Beck, told TMZ Sports that he was placed in a medically induced coma. He also suffered fractures to his cheekbone, and doctors are waiting for the swelling in his brain to decrease, Beck said. The family remains optimistic that he will recover.
“He went through pretty traumatic surgery to get to where he’s at, but the doctors are all really positive,” Beck told The Salt Lake Tribune. “All of the steps moving forward have been good so far.”
Beck also told the Tribune that one of Oliverson’s teammates quickly got help after the fall woke him up.
“Had that other player not been wakened by him falling, he may not have made it,” Beck said.
Snow Canyon is scheduled to play its first game in the Little League World Series on Friday. The team is representing the Mountain Region.
• Jacob Calvin Meyer can be reached at jmeyer@washingtontimes.com.
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