Son of RGV Livestock Show winner dies after toy tractor accident

BEAVER COUNTY, Utah (ValleyCentral) — The son of a rodeo star who recently won at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show died after a toy tractor accident.

Spencer Wright recently competed in the 2024 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show, where he won in the Saddle bronc riding category. Just two months later, his little boy Levi Wright suffered from complications after falling into a body of water.

According to a news release from the Beaver County Sheriff's Office, on May 21 deputies responded to a call regarding a child who drove their toy tractor into the river in Utah.

The reporting party told dispatch they lost sight of the child. When the Beaver County Sheriff's Office, Utah Highway Patrol, Beaver County Search & Rescue, Beaver Fire Department an Beaver Ambulance arrived at the scene, they were able to quickly locate the child. life saving measures were administered on scene.

The child was then immediately taken to the Beaver Valley Hospital where he was given medical care and airlifted by Life Flight to be transported to the Primary Children's Hospital.

Kallie Wright, the mother of the child, posted updates on Facebook of her child's condition.

"This is a roller coaster that you go on unwillingly & blindfolded, you do not know what's coming next. You just get to wait & ride it out. We are taking it day by day," Kallie said on a Facebook post.

On May 26, Wright stated that her baby, Levi Wright, was suffering from a brain injury.

On June 2, Kallie added her final update regarding her son's condition, where the pair decided to take their child off of life support.

"Levi showed us just enough to buy us time for all of this," Kallie said. "We prayed those things were him defying odds & proving to us that he wanted to stay here but we see now he wanted to give us time to find peace with letting him go."