As Matt Hadley continues to recover in hospital in Denver, Colorado following the amputation of his leg, his friends back in Canmore have come together to ensure he will be supported upon his return home.
Matt and his wife Catherine had been hiking outside of Moab, Utah when a large rock, roughly the size of a basketball, struck him on his right leg and hand, narrowly missing his head and vital organs.
“It was a big rock and it came from up high and it had a lot of force behind it and he didn’t have any chance to get out of the way and it hit him in the leg,” said Ron Sadesky, Hadley’s boss at McElhanney in Canmore. “His wife was with him and she ended up yelling and somebody called for emergency services and they came and they got them out of there.”
The impact severed Hadley’s femoral artery and doctors made the decision to amputate his leg above the knee.
Hadley, who had been a nationally ranked mountain bike racer, is well known in Canmore for his trail building and design, and his role as a coach for youth riders.
Source: CTV Calgary NW
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