Household mourns 19-year-old’s demise after bull driving accident

ELK RIDGE, Utah County — An Elk Ridge household is mourning the lack of their 19-year-old son after he was killed throughout a bull driving accident over the weekend.

They spoke to KSL-TV, and so they’re sharing extra about him and mentioned he impressed them to stay life to the fullest.

It was Saturday evening when Roy and Megan Anderson bought the decision that their son, Tait Anderson, was heading to Utah Valley Hospital by way of medical helicopter. They are saying he lived to trip bulls, and if he might say one thing now he would inform others to “stay your dream.”

“He saved us on our toes, there was by no means a boring second with Tait,” mentioned Roy Anderson.

The Andersons mentioned their son’s love for driving bulls began when he was 3 years outdated.

“He would trip the again of the sofa. Something that he might consider he was bull driving,” he mentioned.

Tait Anderson was planning his subsequent rodeo Saturday evening when his ardour turned lethal. Roy Anderson bought the decision round 6 p.m. from one among Tait Anderson’s colleagues.

A dire scenario

“They advised us the bull stepped on his sternum and to get there as quickly as attainable,” he mentioned.

The Andersons knew the scenario was dire. Their son was flown to Utah Valley Hospital.

“I feel we had been solely there 40 minutes earlier than we bought the information he did not make it,” he mentioned.

Now, as Megan Anderson talks about him, she clutches his cross.

“He lived for bull driving. He lived, breathed, cherished, it was his language; was bull driving,” she mentioned.

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For the Andersons, they are going to miss his zest for all times, his ardour for rodeo and his enthusiasm that was contagious to everybody round.

“He simply cherished to play, and he cherished to make folks pleased,” he mentioned.

“That child might have been a child for all times,” she mentioned.

There’s a GoFundMe* set as much as assist the household with bills.

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