A CrossFit coach from Utah is battling for her life after a freak golf accident in Mexico. It resulted in her suffering a traumatic brain injury.
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CrossFit Coach Kerrie Olsen went on vacation to Puerto Vallarta with friends and her husband. She was riding in a golf cart when it tipped over, injuring her.
A Utah CrossFit coach suffered a traumatic brain injury after getting into a freak golf cart accident during a trip to Mexico.
"We were just driving around talking and laughing and just reminiscing," Friend Annie Stagg told Fox 13 Salt Lake City. "Next thing you know, we're in hell. Kerrie is my best friend. I had to leave the scene to go find help for us. And I didn't know if I'd see her again."
Emergency responders rushed the CrossFit coach to the hospital. Meanwhile, Stagg also suffered a punctured lung and four fractured ribs as well as an injured ankle.
CrossFit Coach Injured
"There is a subdural hematoma with up to 16mm of bleeding around her brain, and the pressure has shifted her brain 7mm to the left," Kerrie's friend, Sicily Romano, wrote on GoFundMe. "She was rushed to the hospital unconscious, and went straight into emergency brain surgery. That surgery saved her life."
"Hospitals in Mexico operate differently than what we are used to here — Paul is only allowed in the room with her one to two hours a day," she continued. "The rest of the time, he stands outside her door, watching her through the window. Family is doing everything they can from every angle to get her home."
Fortunately, it appears the CrossFit coach will survive her freak accident.
"Kerrie has surgery Monday to put her skull piece back in, and the medevac is officially set up to bring her home Wednesday to IMC in Murray," she wrote in an update on GoFundMe. "When they tried to reduce her sedation, she immediately tried to pull the breathing tube out herself, our girl is a fighter through and through."
A few days later, Kerrie was returned to America and transported to the ICU.
"It has been an emotional couple of days, but today we have something real to celebrate," Sicily wrote in another update. "The breathing tube is out. Kerrie is breathing on her own."
"The progress she has made in such a short time has been nothing short of incredible — but this is going to take a lot of time," she continued. "We are having wins, and we will celebrate every single one. But there will be setbacks too, and we are prepared to walk through all of it with her."
The CrossFit coach has a long road to recovery ahead, but she's a fighter.
