The Missouri teen who was left in critical condition after another teenage girl slammed her head into the ground during a caught-on-camera brawl has been identified as a 15-year-old named Kaylee.
The young teen was pictured smiling away from the camera in a photo on a GoFundMe fundraiser shared by a family friend.
“Kaylee is fighting hard to stay alive and heal but this is only the beginning of a very uphill battle,” the description said of Kaylee’s condition. She is currently suffering from a serious brain bleed and swelling, the friend said.
“We will not know the extent of the brain damage that has occurred until she wakes up but the path to recovery will be extremely hard on the family, not only mentally but financially,” they wrote.
Kaylee and a second, unidentified girl started hitting each other before the latter pushed her to the ground and started punching her, the troubling footage showed. Kaylee could be seen trying to defend herself while the other girl repeatedly called her a “bi***.”
When the second teen finally got on top of Kaylee and smashed her head into the ground, onlookers could be heard yelling “damn!” Kaylee was eventually left lying motionless on the ground while others continued to scuffle. After police arrived, an unidentified 15-year-old girl was taken into custody.