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TikTok star Caleb Coffee fractures spine after falling off cliff In Hawaii

Tiktoker, Caleb Coffee, 18, was hospitalized Aug. 16 after falling off a cliff during a hike in Hawaii with three friends.

According to a GoFundMe page created by his sister Peyton Coffee, Caleb slipped off a 60 to 80-foot bluff and landed on lava rocks during the trek. He was then airlifted to the emergency room, where he was treated for a spinal fracture and broken femur, elbow and wrist.

Caleb—who has 11 million followers on TikTok—also experienced “multiple gouges and burns throughout his entire body,” according to the page.

“We don’t know the full extent of his injuries yet,” Peyton said. “He also hasn’t been able to hold down food. The medics have informed us more injuries will most likely pop up over the next few weeks.”

His dad Jason Coffee in an Instagram post stated, 

“He has a small break in his neck (he has full motion in his toes and fingers). He has a broken femur (surgery placed a rod through it), 2 plates & 10 screws in his right elbow, a fractured left wrist, stitches in his forehead and lip. He just had another MRI to take a closer look at his neck”, but maintained that Caleb remains stable and conscious.

A GoFundMe was created with a goal of $100,000 to help pay the medical bills as the teen doesn’t have insurance and his family can’t afford the hospital bills.

Over 500 people have raised over $15,000 as of Friday morning.

Coffee became a viral sensation along with his two siblings through his father’s Vine account, where the family would post comedy sketches with his children and wife.

Coffee’s TikTok, which boasts over 11 million followers, has the influencer trying out various social media trends, gym workouts and two of the most recent videos show him doing stunts.

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