{"id":1609849,"date":"2022-08-17T07:16:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609849"},"modified":"2022-08-17T07:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T11:18:00","slug":"little-league-world-series-player-hospitalized-after-tragic-fall-from-bunk-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/little-league-world-series-player-hospitalized-after-tragic-fall-from-bunk-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Little League World Series Player Hospitalized After Tragic Fall From Bunk Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flittle-league-world-series-player-hospitalized-after-tragic-fall-from-bunk-bed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1609849&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Shortly after arriving in Williamsport for the Little League World Series, a dream turned into a nightmare for 12-year-old Easton Oliverson and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Oliverson, who plays on the Snow Canyon Little League team out of Utah, suffered a severe head injury after falling from the top of a bunk bed in the dormitory complex on-site. He was flown to a Pennsylvania hospital after suffering the fall.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/mlb\/little-league-world-series-player-fractures-skull-after-bunk-bed-fall\/ar-AA10Jdmk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>, Oliverson fractured his skull, and as doctors wait for swelling in his brain to decrease he is in a medically induced coma.<\/p>\n<p>One of Oliverson\u2019s teammates was awakened by the fall, which his family says without the teammate\u2019s help, he may not have made it. His family first learned of the news around 2:30 AM on Monday morning. Oliverson\u2019s dad is an assistant coach for the team.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/chad-withrow-little-league-baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL<\/a><\/h4>\n<p class=\"body-raw\">\u201cHe went through pretty traumatic surgery to get to where he\u2019s at, but the doctors are all really positive,\u201d said Spencer Beck, Oliverson\u2019s uncle. \u201cAll of the steps moving forward have been good so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Snow Canyon is still set to play its first game of the LLWS on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Hunter Martin\/MLB Photos via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-t=\"{\" n>The team released a statement saying, \u201cWe have been told from his family that his current condition is critical, but we are optimistic with some of the early signs he has recently shown. We join the family in asking for prayers on his behalf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-t=\"{\" n>\u201cWhile our hearts are heavy,\u201d the statement added, \u201cwe are committed as a team to have an opportunity to take part in something that is only dreamt about by others. We teach our players to do everything with a purpose\u2014that hasn\u2019t changed. It has perhaps been added to with something far greater than ever. We believe in Team Utah. We believe in Team Easton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers certainly go out to Oliverson and his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after arriving in Williamsport for the Little League World Series, a dream turned into a nightmare for 12-year-old Easton Oliverson and his family. 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