Trevor Pierce of Williams Lake, B.C., died following a freak accident while trying to load a snowmobile onto a truck for an upcoming trip.An outdoor enthusiast, the 33-year-old was riding up the ramp when it fell down and then snapped back up, hitting him in the head.
Read more: Snowmobiler airlifted to hospital following crash in Algonquin Highlands: OPP Noting that the accident was akin to stepping on a rake, Shanelle said she was told Trevor was mortally injured.
The family asked for a second opinion, and doctors in Kamloops declared him brain dead on Feb. 28.Five days after that, 13 people benefitted from Trevor’s death via organ transplants.
He leaves behind his wife and three children.“It’s nice to think about how many people got to put their lives back together in a time of tragedy for us,” Shanelle told Global News.“People who got a kidney, they don’t have to sit with dialysis three days a week for four hours a day.”“They can travel again.