Nation Idaho girl, 9, clings to life after losing ‘half of her skull’ in freak accident July 31, 2019 Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY Comments Off on Idaho girl, 9, clings to life after losing ‘half of her skull’ in freak accident Shaylyn Bergeson, 9, is clinging to life after falling from a tree and landing on a piece of rebar that punctured the left side of her brain.