violent accident over the weekend near Taft.
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/60093907.html
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: It's true, Bird went down hard. The rumors
: that he had compound fractures weren't true.
: He did break a previously broken right tibia
: and fibula, and he also suffered extensive
: damage to his facial bones, from his
: mandible all the way to his frontal bone.
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: Right now he's receiving oxygen through
: tubes, plus he's got a tracheostomy to make
: sure he continues to get air. He is unable
: to speak at this time. His mandible (jaw) is
: apparently broken in two places on the left
: side, one place in the front and one place
: on the right. His maxillary bone (above the
: mouth and on both sides of the nose) is also
: broken, and so are his zygomatic bones
: (cheekbones). His frontal bone (forehead) is
: broken on the tops of both orbits (eye
: sockets). This is major damage.
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: What a horrible crash. It's always tragic
: when a rider of such talent goes down as
: he's pushing the envelope, surpassing all
: distances in the history of man. He's one of
: three riders in history to jump in the 400
: foot range. He's the first to crash at that
: kind of distance, and this shows that 400
: feet is no joke. It's amazing that he's
: alive. It will take him a year to heal up
: very well at all. Let's all keep him in our
: prayers!
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: Sonya said he jumped as far as 440 feet
: before that crash. Right now she's tearing
: down his ramp and packing everything up. She
: could use our prayers too.
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: JA
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: not sure of where,just in Cali. Dr. Danger
: said Jason went 420 and landed flat, both
: bike and rider. thought it was because of
: the wind.
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: Thanks for the update.How did it
: happen,where?
: glad its not life threating.Hes in my
: prayers and hope he recovers to where he
: was.
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: last call said two broken legs but the worst
: part was hif face is busted up with a lot of
: bones crushed, he might look a little
: different, the family had to bring photos
: for the surgens so they can have an idea of
: how to rebuild it.
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: Really sorry to hear that, prayers sent,
: keep
: us updated
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: just got a call that Jason Bird crashed on a
: jump at 400 or so feet. was told he has
: multipul compound fractures and other
: serious injuries. lets keep him in our
: prayers
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