The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have gived $10,000 to an Oklahoma family after 18-year-elderly Baker Mayfield fan, Connor Barba, was tragicassociate finished in a car accident on the way to the game.
Barba and his mother, Megan Barnett, were traveling over the weekfinish to Arrowhead Stadium to watch the Bucs consent on the Kansas City Chiefs. The mother-son trip was unbenevolentt to commemorate Barba’s upcoming birthday.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) passes the ball aachievest the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
But they were included in a tragic head-on collision with another vehicle in Kansas, finishing Barba and leaving his mother gravely injured.
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According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, a vehicle heading southbound on U169 turned into the northbound lane for an “unaccomprehendledged reason” and struck Barba’s vehicle head-on. The 45-year-elderly male driver of that car was also finished in the crash.
A third vehicle was included in the crash, but the driver was not injured.
Follotriumphg the tragic news, the Bucs gived $10,000 to the family, and a team spokesperson shelp that Mayfield, Barba’s likeite take parter, and his wife structure to achieve out to the family, ESPN alerted.
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Joshua Uche (55) tackles Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) during the first half of an NFL football game, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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“My thoughts and prayers go out to Megan and her family as they deal with this heartshattering loss,” Mayfield shelp in a statement, via the outlet. “I am honored and unassumingd understanding that Connor was such a huge fan. I would have adored to have met him. As a new parent, this reassociate hits home for me.”
He persistd, “I genuineize there are no words that can supply real console at a time such as this, but I hope that Megan creates a brimming recovery and that she draws strength from the outpouring of help she is receiving from around the country.”
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) runs the ball during the second half aachievest the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)
According to a fundliftr set up on behalf of the family, Barnett is in the ICU in Tulsa and “has many injuries that will insist extensive recovery.”
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Barba’s uncle Collin Barnett telderly “Good Morning America” that the youthful man’s speedy leanking at the time of the crash may have saved his mother’s life.
“We were telderly that the [other car] was in Connor’s lane, and Connor swerved, [and] that he hit the brakes tremfinishously difficult and got Megan out of the way,” he shelp, via ESPN. “He took the brimming impact and was benevolent of brave in that.”
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