Oak Hill crash update from 9/23/07

For those of you who do not know Tom Beesley from Ft Worth was severly injured yesterday at Oak Hill and Careflighted to St. Thomas Hospital in Tyler. After getting an MRI and a CT scan the doctors say he has 6 broken vertebrae in his upper neck area. He layed unconscious from the time he crashed until sometime late last night and he is not breathing on his own still. As the prognosis' continue to get better Tom is in no way in the clear yet. I would also like to thank the people there that help me get his son's (Jared) truck and trail loaded w/ all of the gear and the bikes. THANK YOU!!!! Wether you know Tom and his family or not I would appreciate it if you could put him and his family in your thoughts and even prayers. I also do not know if Jared wanted me to post this, but so many people were concerned I just wanted to let you all know.

For those of you who do not know Tom Beesley from Ft Worth was severly injured yesterday at Oak Hill and Careflighted to St. Thomas Hospital in Tyler. After getting an MRI and a CT scan the doctors say he has 6 broken vertebrae in his upper neck area. He layed unconscious from the time he crashed until sometime late last night and he is not breathing on his own still. As the prognosis' continue to get better Tom is in no way in the clear yet. I would also like to thank the people there that help me get his son's (Jared) truck and trail loaded w/ all of the gear and the bikes. THANK YOU!!!! Wether you know Tom and his family or not I would appreciate it if you could put him and his family in your thoughts and even prayers. I also do not know if Jared wanted me to post this, but so many people were concerned I just wanted to let you all know.

Sorry to hear the bad news, keep us posted. Was it wet yesterday? A few of us were thinking of coming out, but backed out after the forecast said 50% rain.

Sorry to hear the bad news, keep us posted. Was it wet yesterday? A few of us were thinking of coming out, but backed out after the forecast said 50% rain.

I've been trying to get a hold of family at the hospital, but I always just miss them. He was in front of me and midway through T1 when I was coming out of T8. I didn't see him go down but it was sure odd how the bike was situated after the accident. All damage was on the right side and the left clip on was broke and bent downward at the clamp. He hadn't been riding very hard at the time of the accident, I kind of wonder if the cause wasn't mechanical.

Prayers sent to Tom and family from the Meador family. May the lord help see y'all through these trying times.

Please keep us posted on how he's doing.

Don

I've been trying to get a hold of family at the hospital, but I always just miss them. He was in front of me and midway through T1 when I was coming out of T8. I didn't see him go down but it was sure odd how the bike was situated after the accident. All damage was on the right side and the left clip on was broke and bent downward at the clamp. He hadn't been riding very hard at the time of the accident, I kind of wonder if the cause wasn't mechanical.

Prayers sent to Tom and family from the Meador family. May the lord help see y'all through these trying times.

Please keep us posted on how he's doing.

Don

sorry to hear about this, i hope he continues to improve. Sounds like a really bad crash, do you know what happened? I heard the track was slick from the karts. He will be in my thoughts!

sorry to hear about this, i hope he continues to improve. Sounds like a really bad crash, do you know what happened? I heard the track was slick from the karts. He will be in my thoughts!

...damn i was almost going to go also that day but the weather kept me away. ill keep him in my prayers.

...damn i was almost going to go also that day but the weather kept me away. ill keep him in my prayers.