Teen remains in coma after serious football related head injury

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Monday, August 28, 2017
Teen remains in coma after serious football related head injury
17-year-old Bailey Foley who plays football for Fortuna High School in Humboldt County remains in a coma after a head injury.

HUMBOLDT, Calif. (KGO) -- A high school football player remains in a drug-induced coma, after suffering a traumatic brain injury.



Bailey Foley, 17, plays for Fortuna High School in Humboldt County.





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The senior had seizures on the sideline, during the final moments of Fortuna's game at Cardinal Newman in Santa Rosa on Friday.



Foley's parents drove nearly 200-miles to be at his side.



A GoFundMe page set out to raise $5,000 for his family. So far people have donated more than $21,000.

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