The shocking death of Phil Hughes, just days before the popular Australia cricketer would have turned 26, has left the sports world wondering one thing: How could this happen? Hughes was wearing a helmet, but in a freak combination of circumstances, his head was turned away from the ball as it bounced up to him. The ball came up below his helmet, outside his face guard, hitting him in a sensitive part of the neck. It smashed the critical vertebral artery, which carries blood from the heart up into the head. That caused the artery to split and for bleeding to go up into the brain, Australian team doctor Peter Bruckner said. And he had a massive bleed into his brain. While its incredibly rare for such a thing to happen on a sports field, the injury is not that uncommon in some car crashes, medical literature suggests -- perhaps occurring in 1% to 3% of accidents.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 06:44:55 +0000
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