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Levi Wright’s mom breaks silence after tot taken off life support in toy tractor tragedy: ‘My responsibility alone’
By Katherine Donlevy,
25 days ago
Levi Wright’s grieving mother said the decision to leave the toddler unsupervised before his tragic drowning last month will “haunt me for the rest of my life.”
“In that moment he was my responsibility alone,” Kallie Wright, wife of rodeo star Spencer Wright, wrote on Facebook Thursday , breaking her silence for the first time since the couple took the 3-year-old tot off life support over the weekend.
In the heartbreaking post — written at 3 a.m. — Kallie Wright shared new details about the moments before little Levi drove his toy tractor into a creek behind the family’s Utah home on May 21.
The small waterway divides the Wright’s property from Levi’s grandparents, she explained, adding that a concrete road runs through it and is accessible during the drier months.
Wright even shared a video of Levi, along with sister Steeley and their dad — each on horseback — crossing the shallow stream.
“It’s how we’ve gotten to their house safely most days as sometimes our dirt road is a nascar raceway. My kids have rode their bikes, driven their ride on toys & even walked this way a million times. Water only runs through for a short time during the year and can change over night,” Wright wrote.
“Levi did not do anything he hasn’t done before, but this time the water was at its peak & strong enough to push his tractor off the road into the creek as he drove through.”
“Whether I went back to check on my sleeping baby, swap the laundry, wash a bottle or put away lunch, I honestly don’t know. Whatever it was, wasn’t more important than following him that day.
“Although I’m a firm believer that our stories are written long before we reach this earth & that our Lord will take us when he’s ready, I will lose sleep over this for eternity.”
The bubbly toddler was not expected to survive but showed some promising signs early on despite being declared brain dead — and even woke up in his hospital bed, giving his family hope.
Although wracked with guilt, Kallie Wright shared the “vulnerable and hard” story with her followers and pushed back against online attacks aimed at her family.
“I know 3 things to be true,” Wright wrote.
“1. I am not a perfect mom but I am a good mom. 2. My little boy loved me with all he had. 3. Never say never because it only takes seconds and it can happen to you too.
“I pray anyone who judges me or has hurtful words to say never finds themself on the receiving end of a nightmare like this.”
Spencer Wright, 33, was ranked 35th in the world in 2023 by ProRodeo.
He comes from a long line of famous cowboys — including his father, ProRodeo Hall of Famer Bill Wright.
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