Tyler Ray

Tyler Ray was on his motorcycle getting onto a highway with friends following in a car. His motorcycle had a death wobble and he lost control and went into the left guard rail, where his left foot was torn off from the contact. He ended up in the middle of the left lane while his motorcycle slid farther down into the right lane. His friends stopped behind his motorcycle, thinking that’s where he was, and were about to get out to check on him, when a pickup truck went around on the left and ran him over and dragged him further down the entrance ramp.

He had his helmet on, which has significant damage, and riding gloves. The hit from the pickup broke his right orbital eye socket, fractured his skull behind his right ear and gave him a concussion.

He lost a lot of blood at the scene. Local Police and EMT’s got him to the ER quickly. The ER Team gave him 8 units of blood and 2 units of Plasma and got him on board a life flight. The Hospital team immediately evaluated him as a 3T, meaning he was comatose and near brain dead. They got him in emergency surgery and cleaned up his amputation and various other lacerations and road rash areas and placed him in the Surgical ICU Unit. He was assigned 7 TEAMS of Doctors and given round the clock care.

This was an incredibly traumatic accident.

We are in need LOTS of help with our upcoming expenses for this accident and modifications for our home to accommodate Tyler after his amputation. He had 4 surgeries and spent a lot of time in the Hospital and a Rehabilitation Hospital. We have been told that over his lifetime, replacement prosthetics and healthcare for his injuries will be in the Millions. It’s mind blowing.

Family and friends are raising money for the nonprofit Help Hope Live to in honor of Tyler Ray to fund uninsured/underinsured medical expenses associated with Tyler’s Catastrophic Injury. We have chosen to fundraise with Help Hope Live in part because donations are tax deductible for contributors and funds raised in honor of Tyler can ONLY be used to cover verified medical and related expenses.

Thank you for your support.