Prayers Up For The Indiana University Senior That Was Drugged, Robbed, And Hospitalized On Spring Break

El Taco7 years ago

Matt Diedrick is the kind of guy that holds countdowns to spring break.

“He kind of lives for spring break,” a friend of Diedrick’s told WTHR.

However, on a recent trip to Florida for the Indiana University senior, what was supposed to be a fun week-long getaway has turned into a tragic story after he was reportedly drugged and robbed in Fort Lauderdale.

From WTHR:

They were drugged at some point when they were in the bar and kind of lured into what they believed to be an Uber or Lyft or something of that sort,” Perrigo said. “One buddy who was sitting shotgun in the car kind of got a knife held to his throat, tried to take their wallets and their phones and Matt kind of I guessed panicked and jumped out of the moving car.”

Diedrick suffered a serious head injury.

He was unconscious on the side of a highway with no phone, no money, no ID.

“He just got found on the side of the road by a kind pedestrian and called the police, called an ambulance,” Perrigo said.

From there, Diedrick was transported to an area hospital and needed “emergency brain surgery.”

Diedrick is working on recovering and graduating in May, but we’re definitely all thankful he was able to survive such an incredibly scary incident that, honestly, seems like could happen to anyone. Drugs, booze and bad decisions are the norm for spring breakers. A person with bad intentions taking advantage of that is a shit stain on society.

And what’s even more troubling is police say this crime scheme is actually a trend in the area. Just as you thought all the crazy, El Chapo drug shit was Mexico’s problem, it appears it’s right here in our own backyard too. Build a wall around Florida? Deal.

Family and friends are reportedly selling t-shirts to raise money for Matt’s medical bills. If you’ve got a link, feel free to drop it on in as we’re hoping Matt a quick and speedy recovery (and a slow, painful death for the bad, bad dudes).

Police say no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing. .

[via WTHR]