Coarsegold teen injured in freak accident on the way to see her favorite band in SF

SAN FRANCISCO -- What was expected to beryllium a amusive nighttime retired successful San Francisco for a parent and girl from Coarsegold ended with much than a week successful the infirmary and respective surgeries.

Emma Fulton, 14, was truthful excited to spot her favourite band, "My Chemical Romance," execute astatine Oracle Park connected Saturday, July 19, but she ne'er made it.

"She's listening to bands I grew up to, truthful it's truly neat," said parent Danielle Shackelford, 41.

Emma and Danielle were connected their mode into the city, listening to the band's playlist, and had conscionable picked up Taco Bell for dinner. Just earlier 8:30 p.m., they were getting acceptable to merge onto I-580 extracurricular of Tracy.

"Everything changed successful a second," said Danielle. "Just retired of obscurity successful a divided second."

Danielle heard what sounded similar an explosion, and erstwhile she looked to cheque connected her girl successful the rider seat, she was horrified astatine what she saw.

"There's this metallic rim disconnected a tyre that is connected apical of her," explained Danielle done tears. "I pulled it disconnected of her and determination was nary response... and I conscionable started to scream."

Danielle managed to propulsion implicit and telephone 911 for help.

South San Joaquin County Fire Authority responded on with Alameda County Fire.

The adjacent 15 minutes felt similar an eternity to Danielle, arsenic Emma laid determination with her eyes blank and rima open.

"All of a sudden, she looked implicit and grabbed my manus and said 'Are you Ok?'" said Danielle. "As soon arsenic archetypal responders got there, I jumped out, begged them to prevention her and they went into action. They stabilized her and got her into that ambulance."

The adjacent 9 days were spent betwixt San Joaquin General Hospital and UC Davis Medical Center.

"It wasn't existent life, you know, similar immoderate infinitesimal I was going to aftermath up and it was conscionable 1 horrible nightmare," said Danielle.

Emma's injuries scope from her head, face, chest, to her abdomen. While galore are visible, her parent is astir disquieted astir what you can't see, including a fractured skull, liver laceration, and adjacent interior bleeding. Fulton had to acquisition respective surgeries, including skull reconstruction.

"I don't deliberation I slept for 40 hours straight, conscionable by her bedside successful lawsuit she needed something," said Danielle.

While successful the hospital, the Tracy Fire Department amazed Emma with a card, flowers, and adjacent a T-shirt.

"The firefighters that were connected country were conscionable perfectly amazing. They calmed maine down, said, 'We're each fathers. We got you,'" said Danielle.

Danielle besides praised the aesculapian squad astatine the hospital.

"Bless those nurses, doctors, surgeons," said Danielle.

Emma is looking astatine six to 9 months of recovery, with galore follow-up doc appointments, carnal therapy, and occupational therapy. She'll miss the commencement of the archetypal twelvemonth of precocious school.

"I get an extra-long summertime break," joked Emma.

"She has a bully mode of looking astatine the agleam side, truthful I'm truly thankful," said Danielle. "She keeps maine grounded."

Some day, Emma adjacent hopes to observe getting past this chapter.

"She wants to person a endurance party," said Danielle, arsenic Emma laughed. "With eyeballs connected the cake, scar down the middle, silly things!"

Emma and Danielle anticipation they'll get to redo their girls' travel 1 time and yet marque it to spot "My Chemical Romance."

"We'll marque it to that performance astatine 1 constituent oregon another, right?" said Danielle.

A GoFundMe page acceptable up for Emma has raised implicit $18,000. The fundraiser volition assistance with aesculapian expenses.