Medical status improves for youth hospitalized after tunnel collapse

  • Front and center, Luke Sappenfield is surrounded by family members and Scouts from Troop 200, Troop 400 and Pack 100 who have helped raise funds for the Sappenfields’ medical expenses. COURTESY PHOTO
    Front and center, Luke Sappenfield is surrounded by family members and Scouts from Troop 200, Troop 400 and Pack 100 who have helped raise funds for the Sappenfields’ medical expenses. COURTESY PHOTO
  • Hunter Sappenfield, pictured Wednesday, was able to sit himself up. Doctors believe he could regain some lower body function. COURTESY PHOTO
    Hunter Sappenfield, pictured Wednesday, was able to sit himself up. Doctors believe he could regain some lower body function. COURTESY PHOTO
    Thirteen days after being rushed to the hospital, 9-year-old Luke Sappenfield and his 15-year-old brother Hunter are on the road to recovery. On March 19, the boys were rescued after a tunnel they dug along the Lampasas River behind the River Place neighborhood collapsed on top of them. The injured brothers were transported to McLane Children’s Hospital in Temple. Luke sus...

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