Jambalaya Fundraiser for Injured Central High Students – January 16th

Dave R — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:33:41 +0000

A benefit is being held for 3 Central High School students who were injured in 2 separate accidents recently. The benefit will be held on January 16th @ Oak Point on the corner of Greenwell Springs Road and Sullivan Road. Tickets are $6.00 each. For more information and to donate food please contact Dirk Arnold at 225.329.5564. The City of Central has set up an event on facebook for this benefit. You can find it by following this link.

Below is the information/names of the 3 students the benefit is being held for:

Michael Calamia is a student at Central High School and was involved in a head on collision and sustained multiple life threatning injuries and was hospitalized. He has recently recovered enough to return home to his family.

Ebony Watkins was involved in the same accident as Michael and she also suffered very serious injuries.

Kelsey Lieux was involved in a serious car accident on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. She’s been in a medically induced coma ever since. Wednesday, January 6, Kelsey will be in surgery for her neck injury. Her c2 vertebra is fractured so the doctors are going in and fusing C1,C2 and C3 vertebra together and adding a few screws.

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