State reaches $2.7 million settlement with former CSC wrestlers

Max Baker, of Elk Grove, Cali., and Willy Jones, of Chadron, received settlement monies from the State of Nebraska because of injuries sustained in a 2008 vehicle accident.

Baker is set to receive $1 million dollars as a result of the settlement.
Jones will receive $1.7 million.

Baker and Jones, members of the CSC wrestling team at the time of the accident, were traveling to Colorado to fly out of Denver International Airport for a tournament in Las Vegas.

Baker suffered extensive head injuries, while Jones had head, hip, and urethra injuries when the 2003 Ford Excursion rolled once, approximately 3 miles south of the Wyoming state line on Interstate 25.

The injuries are so significant as to have long-term effects and to impact their ability to work.