# Little League World Series player suffers serious head injury falling out of his bunk **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [August 17, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795 "2022-08-17T01:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/1 "2022-08-17T01:16:26Z")
Snow Canyon player Easton Oliverson from Utah, 12 years old, suffered a serious head injury that required emergency surgery when he fell out of the top bunk of his bed while he was sleeping. > **[LLWS player suffers head injury from bunk fall](https://www.espn.com/llws/story/_/id/34408068/snow-canyon-player-easton-oliverson-undergoes-emergency-surgery-severe-head-injury)** > > Easton Oliverson, a 12-year-old player from Utah whose team is set to play in the Little League World Series, had to undergo emergency surgery for a severe head injury. Oliverson, a pitcher and outfielder, punctured an artery and ended up with bleeding on the brain, and needed a piece of skull removed. He remains in intensive care in a children’s hospital. If his teammate hadn’t woken up, Easton may have died; half an hour later and it might have been too late. I hope and pray for a speedy recovery for this young man. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/2 "2022-08-17T01:30:17Z")
Oh my gosh that is scary. I hope he is okay! ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/3 "2022-08-17T01:32:38Z")
Baseball is a dangerous sport. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/4 "2022-08-17T01:37:38Z")
Jim Rice saved a little boy 40 years ago. The kid may have died from a foul ball. It’s a nice story. > [@Today in History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-history/759530/2440): > > Exactly 40 years ago today: 07 August 1982 — Jim Rice, right fielder for the Boston Red Sox, saved a 4 year old boy’s life when the boy was stuck in the head with a foul ball. The Chicago White Sox were visiting Boston’s Fenway Park. In the bottom of the 4th inning, with the score tied 2-2 and no outs, and Carney Langford on 2nd and Wade Boggs on 1st after back-to-back singles, Reds Sox shortstop Dave Stapleton was at the plate facing White Sox right handed starting pitcher Richard Dotson. Da… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/5 "2022-08-17T13:26:53Z")
What a bizarre, flukey injury. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/6 "2022-08-17T22:26:14Z")
Easton is awake and speaking after his emergency surgery, and his doctors are encouraged by his progress. > **[LLWS player awake, speaking after surgery](https://www.espn.com/llws/story/_/id/34414090/snow-canyon-player-easton-oliverson-awake-speaking-emergency-surgery-head-injury)** > > A 12-year-old Little League World Series from Utah is awake and speaking after undergoing emergency surgery for a severe head injury he suffered when he fell off the top bunk of a bed early Monday morning. Let’s go, Snow Canyon! WIN IT FOR EASTON! ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/7 "2022-08-17T23:37:39Z")
Apparently injuries from falling from bunk beds are more common than one would think. Years ago I heard about a college student who was severely injured when he fell from his dorm bunk, and his family was attempting to bring more attention to the issue. And @Bullitt that’s a great Jim Rice story. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-world-series-player-suffers-serious-head-injury-falling-out-of-his-bunk/969795/8 "2022-08-19T00:07:35Z")
Easton is out of intensive care and can sit up, eat, and walk with support. > **[LLWS player hurt in fall alert, takes aided steps](https://www.espn.com/llws/story/_/id/34420511/little-league-world-series-player-hurt-bunk-bed-fall-intensive-care-walking)** > > The family of a 12-year-old Little League World Series player from Utah who sustained a head injury after falling from a bunk bed said he has been moved from intensive care and is able to sit up, eat and take steps with support. Easton’s open roster spot will be filled by his brother Brogan. The Snow Canyon team is representing the Mountain region, and will begin LLWS play tomorrow.