A Placer County (CA) Sheriff's deputy is in a coma after a freak accident during a training exercise.
According to the sheriff's office, on Wednesday, July 27, Placer County Sheriff's Deputy Austin Harper was on duty and assisting with K-9 training when he hit a steel support beam inside a vacant building with his head. He was knocked unconscious and was transported to a local trauma center with severe injuries. He underwent surgery to decrease the swelling in his brain. He is currently in a medically induced coma and is in critical, but stable condition.
