The boy received a fractured skull, broken wrist and a ruptured kidney in the accident. He underwent his fourth surgery on Thursday and his condition is listed as critical but stable.According to a family member who asked not to be identified the boy has had periods of consciousness. The boy’s mother has been staying at the hospital.It is anticipated that the boy, a Santa Paula Union High School freshman, will be transferred to Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles in the near future.
Boy in bike accident undergoes fourth surgery
October 08, 2004
Santa Paula News
The 13-year-old boy who lost control of his bicycle and received critical injuries on Friday has shown signs of improvement but was poised to undergo another surgery at a Newhall hospital.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesThe 13-year-old boy who lost control of his bicycle and received critical injuries on Friday has shown signs of improvement but was poised to undergo another surgery at a Newhall hospital.The unidentified boy lost control of his bicycle while riding down a steep hillside above Santa Paula Union High School Friday evening, according to a Santa Paula Police spokesman.The unidentified boy was not wearing a helmet as he rode his bicycle southbound in the 500 block of 6th Street near View Drive at about 9:30 p.m., on Oct. 1, according to SPPD Sgt. Gary Marshall.The boy lost control of the bicycle on the steep downhill grade, struck a curb and was ejected from the bike. The boy flew off the bike and crashed into a cinder-block wall.He was flown by helicopter to Henry Mayo Hospital in Newhall.