cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1427367
Archived version: https://archive.ph/p1rSg
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230814011105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66495043
Among his injuries were nine broken vertebrae, a ruptured spleen, broken hand and a collapsed lung. […] “We’re just lucky we’re bringing our kid home [to North Dakota] in a car in the front seat instead of in a box.”
… I’m not sure that’s the best way to transport someone who was just diagnosed with nine broken vertebrae.
I think they meant that they will drive him home in the front seat. The article seems to be written within the same week as the accident, I can’t imagine he’s been released from the hospital yet.
I was thinking there must be younger siblings in the back, so he had to travel in front. But now I realize both parents were there, so that means one of the parents is in the back seat…
