TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have donated $10,000 to the household concerned in a automotive accident on their method to the Bucs’ Nov. 4 “Monday Night time Soccer” sport on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. The accident killed Connor Barba, 18, of Norman, Oklahoma, and significantly injured his mom, Megan Barnett.
Barnett shocked her son with tickets forward of his birthday so he might see his favourite participant, Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield, who stated by means of a Bucs spokesperson that he and his spouse Emily plan to succeed in out to the household.
“My ideas and prayers exit to Megan and her household as they take care of this heartbreaking loss,” Mayfield stated in an announcement. “I’m honored and humbled understanding that Connor was such an enormous fan. I’d have beloved to have met him. As a brand new mum or dad, this actually hits residence for me. I notice there are not any phrases that may present true consolation at a time akin to this, however I hope that Megan makes a full restoration and that she attracts energy from the outpouring of assist she is receiving from across the nation.”
Barba’s uncle Collin Barnett advised “Good Morning America,” “He was a soccer fan on the whole and a big-time Baker fan. He needed to see Baker play. It was simply going to be an incredible sport.”
The accident occurred in Montgomery County, Kansas — about 170 miles southwest of Kansas Metropolis — simply earlier than 4 p.m. Nov. 2, in accordance with the Kansas Freeway Patrol. For unknown causes, a 2014 Chevy Camaro veered into the opposite lane of a two-lane highway and hit Barba, who was driving, and Barnett head-on. Police stated the opposite driver, Joseph Savage, of Coffeyville, Kansas, was additionally killed.
Collin Barnett additionally advised “Good Morning America” that Barba’s fast actions doubtless saved his mom’s life.
“We had been advised that the [other car] was in Connor’s lane, and Connor swerved, [and] that he hit the brakes tremendously laborious and received Megan out of the best way,” Collin Barnett stated. “He took the total impression and was type of heroic in that.”
Barnett is presently within the ICU at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in accordance with a GoFundMe arrange by her employer.
