LSU Legend Ben McDonald Falls From Deer Stand in Tree

(KTDY-FM) - LSU Legend and ESPN Broadcaster Ben McDonald posted a video of himself in a hospital bed after he fell from a tree stand.

According to McDonald, he fell from a deer stand that was over 20 feet up in a tree, and he sustained a severe concussion and cracked two vertebrae.

No, he was not hunting deer, as the season is closed, but it appears that he was preparing his stand for the upcoming season, as many hunters are.

Yes, the baseball legend is lucky to be alive after this fall.

In the video, which you can see below, McDonald has no recollection of the fall and appears to be very confused while in the hospital bed.

He expects to recover from this accident and plans to return to the broadcasting booth soon.

Ben McDonald is 57 years old.

Here's the video he shared on X as people in the hospital room explain to him what happened and why he was in the hospital.

We wish Ben McDonald well and hope for a speedy recovery. He truly is a great guy.

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

Gallery Credit: Sophia Crisafulli