1.   He punctured his lung, crushed six vertebrae and has been confined to a wheelchair ever since, paralyzed from the waist down.

2.   The Associated Press reported that he had been admitted to a hospital last month after crushing several vertebrae in a fall.

3.   The car crushed two vertebrae, damaging vital spinal nerves.

4.   Amis was admitted to University College Hospital last month after he fell, crushing some vertebrae.

5.   Amis was admitted to University College Hospital last month after he fell and crushed some vertebrae.

6.   Amis was admitted to University College Hospital last month following an accident in which he crushed some vertebrae.

7.   Clinton crushed the vertebra when he missed a stroke at the peak of a wave, finding no resistance and falling back against a metal plate.