Multiple funds have been established to help LSU Police Sgt. Chris Gresham with his recovery after he was hit by a car following the Alabama-LSU game.
Last week, Gresham was part of the motorcade leading cars with University of Alabama president Judy Bonner, athletic director Bill Battle and Alabama’s team doctors from the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center to their plane for the trip back to Tuscaloosa. The motorcade was only a few miles away from Tiger Stadium when Gresham was hit by a car and thrown off his motorcycle.
The 33-year-old Gresham suffered a broken leg, injured knee, fractured arm and multiple fractured ribs in the accident, and was stabilized by Alabama’s team doctors until local paramedics arrived.
Gresham has had three surgeries to date to repair the damage, and has another surgery planned for the near future.
Funds have been created to help Gresham’s wife and his two young children with these costs and to offset his loss of income. A “Go Fund Me” page has raised $2,250 of its intended $15,000 goal. Two other funds were established through the Campus Federal Credit Union and the LSU Foundation titled the “Chris Gresham Family Support Fund,” and donations can be made online or through mailed checks.
Gresham, an eight-year veteran of the LSU Police Department, is expected to make a full recovery and return to full duty, but that will take months.
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