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Archive Home > 2007 > April > 03 > Bend snowboarder is paralyzed after fall at event

Bend snowboarder is paralyzed after fall at event

By Mark Morical / The Bulletin
April 3, 2007

A 14-year-old snowboarder from Bend was severely injured in a fall during practice for a national snowboarding event near Lake Tahoe on Sunday.

Tyler Eklund broke a vertebra in his neck and as of late Monday was paralyzed from the neck down, according to Hans Hibbard, snowboarding director for....

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