Teen dies after dirt bike crash, donates lung to child
Apr 25, 2022, 11:28 AM | Updated: Jun 19, 2024, 1:48 pm

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ST. GEORGE, Utah— A family is taking solace in the “selfless service” of organ donation, after their teen passed away following a dirt biking crash.
14-year-old Champ Salley passed away three weeks after he was thrown from his MX dirt bike, sustaining severe head trauma and a compressed spine fracture.
Salley was taken to Primary Children’s Hospital where he dealt with swelling of the brain, compressed spine, collapsed lung and pneumonia.
According to a Facebook post from his grandma, Susan Salley, it said, “We have witnessed many miracles which allowed us to communicate with him for several days. He was awake, could nod his head, move his hands and feet, and even shrug his shoulders answering purposeful questions. Then a week ago it all came crashing down. He had an episode of a severe storming in his brain coupled by a small stroke. He went in for emergency surgery. This included removing a portion of the rear of the skull to relieve the pressures in his brain.”
Following this emergency surgery, Champ Salley’s condition worsened and an MRI revealed his brain stem was beyond repair with “no hope of survival without life support.”
Champ Salley was taken off of life support Saturday.
Susan Salley’s post stated, “There is a silver lining to this story. You might call it one more miracle. Just a month ago when Champ got his learner’s permit to drive “he” checked the box to be an organ donor! This made this decision easier for his parents. One last act of selfless service by all of them. At 9 pm last night, with the transplant teams and recipients in place, Champ was taken off of life support. He passed quickly surrounded by his parents and step parents.