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A 17-year-old Karns High School student who died from his injuries after falling from a pickup truck during a school activity last week apparently didn't receive emergency medical attention until his mother picked him up from the school office and drove him to a hospital, according to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
Law was apparently helping other students move furniture from one part of the campus to another under the supervision of their shop teacher when the accident happened, Isaacs said.
After the incident, Law was taken to the school office and his mother was called, the KCSO report said. When she arrived, she took him to the hospital.
The Sheriff's Office wasn't notified of the accident until 2:30 p.m. the following day when the school system's security director, Steve Griffin, reported it, the report said.
lthough Eric R. Law was bleeding and suffering clear symptoms of a brain injury after falling from a pickup truck in a school parking lot Aug. 13, a school nurse never called 911, said lawyer Gregory P. Isaacs. When his mother, Sharon Law, arrived at the school after being called, she found her son "sitting stationary in a chair, in a semi-conscious state," Isaacs said.
While the truck was in motion, the driver suddenly decelerated to allow another student to climb on and Law was thrown to the asphalt, according to Isaacs.
"Apparently, Eric Law remained on the pavement for a significant period of time before he was taken inside the school building by fellow students," Isaacs wrote.
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