Bhms: Student paralyzed in FL accident

Twenty four year old Tavares Brown, a Bahamian student at Florida A&M University (FAMU) was paralyzed on Saturday, after the van that he was riding in overturned.

Brown was one of four Bahamian students traveling from Tallahassee to Pensacola to perform at the Pensacola downtown Mardi Gras parade. The remaining trio also suffered injuries.

... [T]he Pensacola News Journal reported that Brown suffered a spinal cord injury in the accident and was the most seriously hurt of the four students. Larry Robinson, vice president of academic affairs at the Tallahassee University also reported that Brown had to be transported to the Intensive Care Unit of the Baptist Hospital where he remained on Tuesday.

Remember Tavares, the other students and their families in your prayers.