Student breaks neck jumping from tree
A CSU student broke his neck and may be paralyzed after
reportedly jumping from a tree into a pile of leaves Sunday evening
outside Parmelee Hall.
“Around 6:15 on Sunday evening we got a call that people were
jumping out of a tree and that one made it fine, but one was hurt
pretty significantly,” said Capt. Bob Chaffee of the CSU Police
Department.
Chaffee said the student’s name and condition cannot be released
at this time because of federal health privacy laws.
Many students on campus have heard about the incident, but no
one seems to know anything concrete.
“I didn’t see him fall out of the tree, I just saw the fire
truck,” said Lindsey Hillman, a freshmen business major.
“He was in a huge pile of leaves. (Paramedics) were still
throwing leaves off of him.”
The injured student was with friends when the accident
happened.
“This kid said when he fell he snapped his neck,” Hillman said.
“It didn’t look so pretty.”
Hillman said the student was wearing a neck brace and was placed
on a stretcher.
The student was taken to Poudre Valley Hospital in an ambulance,
Chaffee said.
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