A 24-year old woman suffered a serious brain injury in a San Diego bicycle accident that took place on April 17, 2010 around 11:50 a.m. The bike accident occurred on Genesee Avenue at La Jolla Village Drive near Westfield University Towne Center.
A 24-year old woman suffered a serious brain injury in a San Diego bicycle accident that took place on April 17, 2010 around 11:50 a.m. The bike accident occurred on Genesee Avenue at La Jolla Village Drive near Westfield University Towne Center.
Professional triathlete Jordan Rapp suffered a traumatic brain injury in a Los Angeles County bicycle accident in Oxnard on March 23, 2010 around 5:40 p.m.
Former Nebraska Cornhusker football player Justin Tomerlin lost his life in a tragic San Diego brain injury accident, which happened while he was skateboarding, on March 27, 2010, in La Jolla.
The 27-year old ex-Husker tight end was skateboarding down a hill when he fell and hit his head. Tomerlin was not wearing any safety equipment, like a helmet, which might have had prevented such a tragic outcome.
A 16-year-old high school baseball player was critically injured when he suffered a traumatic brain injury on March 11, 2010. The teenage player, from Marian Catholic High School in San Francisco, CA, was hit in the head while playing a practice match against Concord, CA’s De La Salle High School.
The New York Times recently investigated the long term affect of concussions suffered by NFL players, focusing on former NFL players and their cognitive behavior. Utilizing a recent study by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research that included interviews of 1,063 former NFL players, the Times reported that 6.1 percent of former players aged 50 and older had received dementia-related diagnosis. That is five times the national average of 1.2 percent.