Waynedale High School golfer in critical condition after head-on crash. How you can help

Bryce Buyakie, The Daily Record
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Waynedale High School golfer Deegan Bee is hospitalized following a head-on collision in Medina County Sunday evening. According to a GoFundMe post by his brother, Bee has life-threatening injuries.
Waynedale High School golfer Deegan Bee is hospitalized following a head-on collision in Medina County Sunday evening. According to a GoFundMe post by his brother, Bee has life-threatening injuries.

A head-on traffic crash in Medina County has left a top Waynedale High School golfer in critical condition.

Deegan Bee was driving home Sunday evening along Friendsville Road from a golf course, according to a GoFundMe page created by his brother, when he veered into oncoming traffic.

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A top golfer for Waynedale High School, Deegan Bee, was in critical condition following a Sunday evening traffic crash at Friendsville and Buffham roads in Medina County.
A top golfer for Waynedale High School, Deegan Bee, was in critical condition following a Sunday evening traffic crash at Friendsville and Buffham roads in Medina County.

Dispatchers received a call at around 10:30 p.m. Sunday for a head-on collision on Friendsville just south of Buffham Road, according to the Highway Patrol's Medina post.

A spokesperson for the post confirmed the crash involved Bee but did not have any information about the other vehicle involved.

Bee is in critical condition with both legs broken and internal bleeding, according to his brother's GoFundMe page.

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"Deegan (Bee) was exceptionally good at golf from the time when he played locally to when he played on a national level; he made his name known and he knew what he was doing," his brother, Gaven Bee, wrote on a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family after Deegan Bee was critically injured Sunday in a traffic crash.
"Deegan (Bee) was exceptionally good at golf from the time when he played locally to when he played on a national level; he made his name known and he knew what he was doing," his brother, Gaven Bee, wrote on a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family after Deegan Bee was critically injured Sunday in a traffic crash.

"Deegan's life has been full of ups and downs," his brother, Gaven Bee, wrote on GoFundMe. "When he was younger, me and him used to race Motocross, and we were both some of the best in the state. One day he got in a Motocross accident and had to be (flown) to the hospital."

While his brother recovered, the doctor told him he could never play contact sports again, Gaven Bee wrote.

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"So he picked up golf," he wrote. "Deegan was exceptionally good at golf from the time when he played locally to when he played on a national level; he made his name known and he knew what he was doing."

Gaven Bee said his brother had started working at Brookside Country Club as a caddy.

He also recently placed first at the 36 Hole Junior Series Championship at Riceland Golf Course in Wayne County, according to the Professional Golfer's Association.

To donate to the fundraiser for Deegan Bee, visit GoFundMe online.

"Both of his legs are broken, and we don't know if he will survive," Gaven Bee wrote on GoFundMe. "Any bit of donation will help; please, please, please share this to help our family out, to help Deegan out if he survives."

This story will be updated.

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