The son of AFL legend Nathan Buckley has been injured after a scary karting accident.
Jett Buckley, was been driving round a observe in Melbourne throughout a observe session this week when the brake line on his kart snapped.
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It brought on the 15-year-old to be thrown from the kart down an embankment, ultimately ending up on the tarmac the place his kart landed on prime of him.
Jett was taken to the Royal Youngsters’s Hospital, the place scans confirmed he had snapped his collarbone.
“To everybody that has reached out….I’m okay,” he wrote on Instagram.
“Yesterday at observe I had my brake line break up and had a nasty crash.
“I used to be thrown from the kart down an embankment touchdown on the tarmac with the kart touchdown on prime of me.
“I’ve lacerated my kidney and liver. I’ve additionally snapped my clavicle.
“My elbow and forearm are but to be decided, ready for scans.
“Thanks for all of the messages they’re appreciated.”
Jett shared pictures of Instagram exhibiting the aftermath of the crash, which present paramedics attending to him on the observe and his mum Tania comforting her son at the back of the ambulance.
An X-ray reveals his collarbone was shattered and he’ll stay in hospital for therapy on a lacerated kidney and liver.
Jett thanked the ambulance and hospital workers for his or her medical care
“Thanks to the ambulance drivers Ben and Laine and everybody else that was on the scene,” he stated.
“Due to all of the nurses and medical doctors on the Royal Youngsters’s Hospital.
“Spending just a few days right here for full relaxation.”
Jett is coached by Brad Jenner, who has gained a number of Australian Kart Championships.
The Day by day Mail stories Jett is mentored by main coach Australian Kart champion Brad Jenner and has loved some success on the observe thus far in his profession in a kart price round $7000.
Karting has lengthy been thought-about among the best junior pathways to ultimately enter skilled motorsport and get behind the wheel of a Method 1 automobile.
Jett’s dad Nathan hasn’t addressed the crash publicly.
The Collingwood legend has transitioned into media roles with Fox Footy and SEN since stepping down Magpies coach in mid 2021 after 10 years as senior coach.
After separating from Tania, Buckley was in a relationship with influencer and beauty injector Alex Pike, however has reportedly since moved on with Melbourne socialite Brodie Ryan.
