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Teen hopes to ride bike again after suffering serious injuries in car accident

Teen hopes to ride bike again after suffering serious injuries in car accident

A teenager seriously injured in a car accident is fighting to recover and hopes to return to her love of horseback riding.

Bryleigh Law was seriously injured in a crash Friday that claimed the life of her father, 39-year-old Joel Harrison Law of Oxford.

Bryleigh Law is hoping to get back into riding after a bump and accident left her seriously injured.
Bryleigh Law is hoping to get back on the bike after a hit-and-run accident left her seriously injured.

Bryleigh was intubated and put on a ventilator at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, where she was taken for emergency treatment. after the accident.

she suffered a fractured pelvis, sacrum and left eye socket, as well as second-degree burns on the left side of his leg and a compression fracture in his T11 vertebrae, according to social media posts by his mother, who has tried to inform her friends and family about her. daughter’s condition.

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Joel Harrison Law and his daughter Bryleigh.

One of Bryleigh’s passions is horse riding and she has reportedly been asking medical staff if she will be able to ride again.

The Lake Saddle Club has an event Feb. 1 at Windy Acres Farms in Fruitland Park and has decided to make it a special tribute to the recovering teen. Cards and donations will be collected. Get more information at

Meanwhile, the Florida Highway Patrol is still searching for the dark-colored sport utility vehicle that caused the horrific crash and fire that destroyed Joel Law’s truck. He died at a local hospital from injuries sustained in the accident and subsequent fire. An Inverness man traveling in another vehicle was also seriously injured.

An Oxford man died from injuries sustained in an accident while driving this vehicle.
Joel Harrison Law’s truck was damaged almost beyond recognition.

Anyone with information about the vehicle that fled the scene is asked to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.