LAKE SHORE — Authorities recognized the person critically injured Sunday, Jan. 15, after his snowmobile crashed in the course of the Nisswa 100 Snowmobile Race in Cass County.
The rider was recognized Wednesday as Cody Margelofsky, a 26-year-old from Mayville, Wisconsin.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to the crash, reported at 1:50 p.m. on Jacobs Highway in Lake Shore, a part of the race course. Medical support was instantly initiated by various emergency personnel on the occasion, the sheriff’s workplace reported.
Margelofsky was transported by helicopter to a Twin Cities space hospital with a severe injury. The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the incident is underneath investigation.
Helping on the scene have been the Lake Shore Police Division, Nisswa Hearth and Rescue, Mission Hearth Division, Cuyuna Regional Medical Heart Ambulance Service and North Memorial Health Air Care.
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referred to as the crash “life-changing” for Margelofsky, reporting he broke his again and severed his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the chest bone down.
“Cody was taken Flight for Life to a hospital in Minnesota the place he’s receiving glorious care,” the fundraiser description said. “He made positive to let the nurses know ‘I’m often cooler than this.’ … Though Cody doesn’t have the capability to answer every one in every of you, the outpouring quantity of affection and assist that he has acquired is significantly appreciated. Cody has an important assist system as he navigates his new lifestyle.”
As of Wednesday night, a complete of $33,093 was raised towards Margelofsky’s medical payments in addition to future prices of a wheelchair and residential transforming.
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