11-28-2007, 07:52 AM
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Baseball notebook: Tribe pitcher's condition 'very fragile'
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:07 AM
From staff and wire reports
Doctors examining Cleveland Indians reliever Juan Lara found he had a spinal fracture, plus severe brain trauma from a weekend car accident.
Lara, who pitched in one game for Cleveland last season, was returning from a winter league game Saturday night in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, when the sports utility vehicle he was driving was hit by a motorcycle, killing both its rider and passenger.
"Juan's condition is very fragile. In the last medical report, we found that he has a severe brain trauma, and we also found a fracture in the spinal column, with the D2 (second vertebra) in an unstable condition," hospital spokeswoman Dashira Martinez said.
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