Two weeks after a terrible accident left him brain dead, the three-year-old son of a well-known rodeo star tragically died.
In Beaver County, Utah, some 67 miles from Cedar City, Levi Wright, the son of rodeo legend Spencer Wright, almost perished after he crashed his toy tractor into a river.
After putting him on life support, his mother, Kallie, begged followers to pray for his recovery after making frantic attempts to save him. A close family friend confirmed the baby boy’s death on June 2 in a heartbreaking Facebook post on Monday.
In her post, Mindy Sue Clark expressed: “The most perfect three-year-old there ever was. So perfect we didn’t get to keep him. This baby boy moved mountains the last 12 days. He brought so many people together. In a world so dark, we got to see light at the hands of a child. He’s everything his mom and dad could’ve wanted him to be.”
Clark also shared how challenging the last 12 days had been since hearing the initial news.
She elaborated: “From the moment my phone rang the night of his accident, to last night receiving the message that he had to go. I don’t want to focus on the bad or sad, even though it feels like someone ripped my heart out and squeezed it right in front of me.”
She expressed deep gratitude to the community that came together in solidarity during Levi’s time in the hospital. She remarked: “Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people, surrounded our best little buddy, lifted him up in prayer, and threw their loving arms around Levi and his family. We’ve never seen or experienced anything like it. I don’t know that we will ever be able to process it fully.”
While the grieving mother has not shared any updates about Levi’s passing, she wrote a profoundly emotional post on Saturday, describing her intentions to cherish her final moments with her son. She wrote: “Here soon I’ll climb into bed with my baby and hold him as he falls asleep for the last time on this earth.”
“I find comfort in knowing he will be restored to the perfect little boy he was & have the ability to do all the things he loves! I know there are Angels up there waiting to hold him until I can again! We will miss him every second of every day down here but feel without unwavering doubt this is the best thing we can do for him!”
On May 21, Levi had been outside playing when Kallie suddenly lost sight of him and discovered he had fallen into the river. She immediately jumped into action and dove into the water. “She’s the one who found him, she got him out,” Clark told KCPQ about Kallie’s efforts.
Prior to Levi being taken by ambulance to Beaver County Hospital, the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office, local highway patrol, firefighters, and the Beaver County Search and Rescue team responded promptly and administered life-saving treatment. Sadly, he did not regain consciousness and was deemed brain dead after being evacuated to a hospital in Salt Lake City.
Two days after the accident, Kallie provided an update, sharing that her son had regained consciousness. “I am shook, we don’t know much but the doctor said it was okay for me to get excited about that and I AM! My baby is so tough!” Kallie wrote.
She later explained that he had opened his eyes and “wiggled with purpose,” although he had not spoken. “Spencer and I felt like he knew we were there and could hear us,” she added.
Kallie also mentioned that she had been singing him “the excavator song” and talking about his favorite tractors, as well as what they would do once he returned home. She informed her followers that Levi had undergone an MRI but later shared that it didn’t yield positive results.
“The MRI wasn’t good, we’re shattered but it is just images that suggest a certain quality of life,” she said. “Our real teller of all will be what Levi does over the course of a few days. Please continue to pray! I’m not giving up on my baby just yet.”