The helmetless rider inadvertently struck a curb with her all-terrain vehicle and plunged over a six-foot drop-off, violently crash-landing on the ground below. The wreck left six-time Olympic gold medalist, Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, clinging to life. Airlifted to a nearby medical facility, she underwent a seven-hour operation during which doctors diligently labored to save her life. The accident very nearly severed her spinal cord, and it fractured vertebrae in her back, broken pieces of which ca...
Published on November 07, 2014 05:00