Bull rider, 24, trampled to death in 'freak accident' at rodeo event: 'Deeply upsetting to all of us'

A 24-year-old bull rider died Thursday aft helium was thrown disconnected a bull successful the 2nd circular of an lawsuit successful Wharton County, Texas. 

"The PRCA would similar to nonstop its thoughts and prayers to bull rider Dylan Grant's family, friends and the full rodeo/bull riding assemblage aft Grant passed distant aft suffering injuries Thursday nighttime during the Wharton County Youth Fair Xtreme Bulls lawsuit successful Wharton, Texas," the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) said successful a release. 

Grant, who started bull riding successful 2018 and had been riding professionally for a year, was rushed to a hospital, wherever helium died. 

The 24-year-old Laramie, Wyoming, autochthonal competed successful aggregate ProRodeo and Xtreme Bulls events passim his riding career. 

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Dylan Grant, 24, had been bull riding since 2018.  (PRCA)

He had won $15,710 successful bull riding successful his career, including $3,760 this season. 

Grant besides competed for the University of Wyoming rodeo squad successful assemblage and won the bull riding rubric astatine the Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo in 2021. 

"What happened to Dylan was profoundly upsetting to each of america astatine the PRCA," a spokesperson for the enactment told Fox News Digital. "Fatal injuries successful rodeo are highly rare, and our absorption close present is to connection comfortableness to Dylan’s household and to everyone successful the rodeo assemblage who was affected by this unfortunate incident. 

"The PRCA has procedures to reappraisal each superior incidents to marque definite we are doing everything we tin to guarantee the information of our contestants and animals. The result of that reappraisal whitethorn find that fiscal fines oregon expulsion from aboriginal contention is necessary. We conscionable don’t person those answers yet." 

Grant's father, Wade Grant, told ABC News, "He got his cervix stepped on. He ran retired of the arena and consecutive to the ambulance with these injuries, but Dylan was treble tough." 

Wade called the incidental a "freak accident." 

Another rider was thrown disconnected a bull astatine an lawsuit successful Houston past month. The PRCA said fatal injuries successful the rodeos are "extremely rare."  (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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"You’re conscionable going to propulsion a batch of tears and heartache. He was conscionable built with kindness," helium added. 

Grant’s household told ABC News helium knew the dangers of riding and wore a hockey helmet and Kevlar vest each time. 

Rodeo podcaster Kendra Santa mourned his nonaccomplishment connected societal media.

"Our rodeo household mislaid a talented young cowboy past night," she wrote. "Wyoming bull rider Dylan Grant was stepped connected astatine the Wharton County Youth Fair Extreme Bulls successful Wharton, Texas. Medics worked connected the 24-year-old University of Wyoming postgraduate astatine the scene. 

Zachary Naegele survived being gored by a bull past month.  (Zachary Naegele via Storyful)

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"Dylan was past life-flighted to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center successful Houston, wherever helium was pronounced. There are nary worthy words of sympathy astatine a clip of specified profound daze and sadness.

"Love and prayers for Dylan’s household and friends from each azygous 1 of us." 

Another bull rider astir died past period erstwhile helium was gored successful the cervix by a bull astatine an lawsuit successful Florida. Zachary Naegele is expected to marque a afloat betterment and plans to support competing.