14-year-old bull rider dies in North Carolina rodeo accident

A 14-year-old boy was killed in a bull-riding accident at a North Carolina rodeo.

On Saturday, the teenager bull rider died after he was thrown from a bull on the Rafter Ok. Rodeo Winter Collection in King, North Carolina, a county emergency administration director instructed the Winston-Salem Journal. Stokes County Emergency Administration Director Brandon Gentry instructed the newspaper first responders had been known as to the scene for a cardiac arrest report.

In a assertion, the rodeo firm recognized the teenager as Denim Bradshaw.

Rafter Ok Rodeo Firm supplied condolences to Bradshaw’s household and thanked emergency personnel for responding to the scene.

“Our sport is really a household and we’re so grateful for everybody that was there to assist,” the rodeo firm stated. “We’re grateful for our on web site EMT’s, paramedics and legislation enforcement that work so exhausting to look after the cowboys.”

“It is a tragic occasion and phrases can’t describe the ache felt by this loss. We ask everybody to return collectively and pray for his household for consolation and therapeutic on this troublesome time,” the assertion added. 

A GoFundMe was began to lift funds for the teenager’s funeral bills.

“Our beloved Denim misplaced his life in a tragic accident,” the fundraiser stated. “Nobody expects to lose such a younger soul, and we weren’t ready.”

In line with the fundraiser, Bradshaw had desires of turning into a police officer.

His household stated the 14-year-old died throughout his first journey.

“Denim adventured into the world of bull driving and fell in love,” the fundraiser stated. “The boots, the cowboy hats, and people huge belt buckles– he beloved all of it. He acquired to journey his first bull on January twenty eighth, and his pleasure was palatable. None of us may consider that this primary journey would trigger his demise, and we’re past devastated.” 

“Our candy 14 12 months outdated boy misplaced his life throughout what was probably the most thrilling second of his brief life, and we are actually misplaced with out him,” his household added.