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Ponder High Senior in ICU After Sledding Accident During North Texas Winter Storm

Community support efforts are underway through gift-card donations and a Thursday prayer service.

Overview

  • Caden Nowicki, a Ponder High School senior and football player, remains in intensive care after a sledding accident on Monday, according to Ponder ISD.
  • Ponder ISD asked for prayers and privacy for the family and is collecting food gift cards at the high school and athletic office.
  • The Ponder Fellowship of Christian Athletes scheduled a prayer service for Nowicki on Thursday.
  • Officials have not released details about how the accident happened, and reporters say local police have not responded to requests for information.
  • The case comes during a regional spike in sledding injuries, including two teen deaths in a separate Frisco crash and more than 50 pediatric cases reported by Cook Children's since the weekend.