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Cowboys employees who were atop scaffolding towers videoing the practice session were among those injured, the team said.
Ten employees of the National Football League team were taken to nearby hospitals, and two others went to hospitals on their own, an article posted on the Cowboys' website said.
Among the injured was special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who sustained some kind of neck injury and was taken to an area hospital by ambulance, according to Cowboys coach Wade Phillips. He said a couple of players suffered minor injuries.
A line of heavy thunderstorms was moving through the Dallas area for much of Saturday, causing flash floods and power outage.
Update:The most critical of the injuries involved scouting assistant Rich Behm, 33, who suffered a severed spinal cord that will cause permanent paralysis from the waist down. Behm was rushed to Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the collapse.
New special teams coach Joe DeCamillis is in stable condition and is expected to undergo surgery Monday morning at Parkland to stabilize a fractured cervical vertebrae.
Assistant athletic trainer Greg Gaither had surgery Saturday night to repair a fractured tibia and fibula in his right leg. He should be released from Baylor Medical Center later this week. |
