Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 27, 2007
Sad News

Juan Lara's injuries were detailed today:

Lara, who pitched in one game for Cleveland last season, was returning from a winter league game Saturday night in San Pedro de Macoris when the sports utility vehicle he was driving was hit by a motorcycle, killing both its rider and passenger.

"Juan's condition is very fragile. In the last medical report we found that he has a severe brain trauma, and we also found a fracture in the spinal column, with the D2 [second vertebra] in an unstable condition," hospital spokeswoman Dashira Martinez told The Associated Press.

Martinez said doctors have not determined whether there will be any paralysis.

It would appear, however, that his baseball career is over.


Posted by David Pinto at 04:56 PM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Oh my god. I hope he walks again. How tragic.

Posted by: Jersey at November 27, 2007 05:26 PM

It's not often you hear a motorcycle being at fault and critically injuring the driver of an SUV. What a flukey, tragic accident.

Posted by: Mike at November 27, 2007 05:56 PM

I could be wrong but I think I read somewhere that he was trapped between the SUV and the motorcycle. The story is really, really clouded as to exactly what happened, at least at this point.

Posted by: glenn at November 27, 2007 06:36 PM

whoops...story said he was trapped inside the car...Sorry

Posted by: glenn at November 27, 2007 06:42 PM

Sounds like a fragile situation. It is truly sad to hear of someone going through such a state.

This is a freak accident as well, as Mike has mentioned.

Truly tragic.

Posted by: Baseball Cards at November 28, 2007 12:25 PM
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