Teen in hospital for sledding injury dies after dad died visiting her, Ohio mom says

Katie Dougherty Zuercher has a vision of her husband waiting for their daughter in heaven.

“She used to wait on the front porch for him to arrive home from work to greet him with the biggest hug before he could even get in the house,” the Ohio mom said in a Facebook post. “I imagine he is waiting for her now with the same eager anticipation.”

Last weekend, Dougherty Zuercher’s 14-year-old daughter, Eirelyn, was seriously injured in a sledding accident at a park in Hinckley, Ohio, Cleveland.com reported.

Her father, Jared, suffered a fatal heart attack as they arrived at a Cleveland hospital emergency room, Dougherty Zuercher said.

“Her daddy got to heaven just before she did, just like he got to the finish line first in every Mario Kart game they ever played together,” Dougherty Zuercher posted on Facebook.

Eirelyn suffered a “detrimental brain injury” and remained on life support while the hospital searched for organ donor recipients, Dougherty Zuercher said.