Video: Light Pole Falls On and Injured Soccer Player and Referee
By Bobby Burack
Saturday night during a high school soccer game in Clarksville, Arkansas, a light pole fell and injured a player and referee. Clarksville Activity Director Michael Banning said in a news story with 5NEWS, the referee suffered a broken leg with a fractured tibia and fibula while the student has “superficial wounds to their head and legs.” The school superintendent David Hopkins said the fall was due to strong winds.
Warning: The following video includes a graphic display of the fall.
@racaldwe High School boys tournament at Clarksville, Mena vs Dardanelle, Sat, 3/9/19. Wind broke light pole, Mena player with cuts to head and leg, referee with both bones broken in leg. Both taken to hospital via ambulance pic.twitter.com/au4mPMtVAu
— Steve Harvey (@SteveHarveyAR) March 10, 2019