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GoFundMe for West Brook student paralyzed in wreck exceeds $38K

The page says the teen was ejected from the car and had to have 'extensive surgery.'

BEAUMONT, Texas — A GoFundMe has raised more than $37,000 for one of four teens involved in a wreck in Beaumont on Saturday. 

The four are students and football players at West Brook High School.

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The page says 17-year-old Noah Washington was ejected from the car, 'resulting in a broken nose, the loss of one of his ears, blood on his brain, and a break so bad to his spine that it was completely disconnected, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.'  

The fundraiser was set up to help with medical expenses for Washington, and the goal is set for $50,000. 

By about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, $38,045 had been raised. 

According to the GoFundMe, Washington was air-lifted to a Houston hospital, where he had extensive surgery, 'involving screws being placed in to hold his spine together, as well as his ear being sewn back on.'

Raybren Morris, 17, of Beaumont, the driver, and his three passengers were all taken to hospitals with serious injuries.

On Saturday, July 13th, around 6pm, four West Brook high school students were involved in a terrible car wreck in the 8300 block of Brooks Road at South Major Drive in Beaumont, TX. The car hydroplaned which is when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it then flipped eight times and collided...

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