SHARON, MASS. (WHDH) – Sharon Excessive College college students returned Monday to a somber campus after a scholar was critically injured on the soccer discipline Thursday.
College officers stated 15-year-old Rohan Shukla suffered a traumatic mind damage throughout a soccer sport on Thanksgiving.
“He obtained hit on the sphere and simply limped to the sidelines after which he simply collapsed on the sphere. It was a extremely sight to see. It was actually unhappy,” stated Rishab Kini, a senior and basketball participant at Sharon Excessive College.
College students stated an ambulance shortly responded through the sport towards Oliver Ames Excessive in Easton. The rest of the sport was canceled.
“It was a extremely traumatic expertise nearly, as a result of that’s one thing you don’t actually see typically and it’s one thing you don’t actually need to see typically,” stated Neel Kapur, a freshman soccer participant.
Superintendent of Faculties Peter J. Botelho launched an announcement, sending prayers to the Shukla household. It stated Rohan’s dad and mom and twin brother need privateness throughout this extremely troublesome time.
“… When one of many members of our group suffers in such a disturbing incident, it’s comprehensible for his classmates, employees, and group members to reply with concern, unhappiness, and questions,” Botelho and SHS Principal Kristen Keenan stated within the assertion.
The varsity supplied counseling over the weekend and urged dad and mom to talk to their children.
Shukla is being handled at Massachusetts Basic Hospital in Boston. Mind damage consultants say there’s hope he can get well and dwell a traditional life.
Chris Nowinski, the previous Harvard soccer participant {and professional} wrester-turned-neuroscientist has studied CTE, the mind illness brought on by repeated concussions.
“I’ve met former soccer gamers who had catastrophic accidents in highschool, who did go on to being again to One hundred pc or near-One hundred pc. So, it’s actually attainable with the precise rehabilitation and a few good luck,” Nowinski stated.
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