Rodeo Performer Dylan Terro Recovering After Life-Threatening Accident At Cheyenne Frontier Days
on Jul 31, 2025
Pro rodeo crew member and rodeo performer Dylan Terro suffered life-threatening injuries during the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo on Friday, July 25.
Dylan Terro, 34, was opening a chute that was holding a bucking bronc when the horse kicked him in the heart. According to spectators, Terro collapsed and didn’t have a pulse when emergency personnel reached him.
A team of medics performed CPR on Terro and were able to regain a pulse before he was transported to the hospital.
According to Skip Ross, the same doctor who was in the arena in 1989 when bull rider Lane Frost was killed, Terro’s life was saved due to the teamwork of medical professionals on site and at the local hospital.
“They immediately entered the arena after Dylan was kicked. They got him out of the arena. They worked so well, hand in hand, Justin Sports Medicine, the paramedics, and some surgeons who were on site just to get him stabilized enough to get him in the ambulance and head to the hospital,” Ross said via reporter KT Rodeo on Facebook.
The hospital was notified of Dylan’s injuries and was ready to treat him when he arrived.
“Similar injuries to this have less than a 1% chance of survival,” according to Dr. Ross.
The ER worked to stop the bleeding before Terro was moved to an operating room where doctors worked feverishly to save his life.
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Terro’s family has shared updates on his recovery on social media.
Terro was placed in ICU where he is stable. According to his dad, Dylan was placed in a medically induced coma in order to allow his body to rest and recover. Doctors have allowed him to wake up a little bit each day in order to test “his alertness, motor skills, and breathing.”
His dad reported on Monday, “Once he woke up he naturally had no clue what happened, where he was & what we were all doing there! All of his physical reactions to their instructions were sharp & to the point indicating positive recovery of his brain & motor skills. They then started decreasing the heart & breathing support systems in place to see if he can maintain his own for 3 mins, which he did successfully!”
Updates that followed indicate that Terro is still on the path to recovery, but suffered some minor setbacks. See the update in the video below.
Dylan Terro is the husband of Jolie Bordreaux-Terro and the father of two young boys.
Messages of support and donations to Dylan’s family can be sent to:
Dylan Terro
c/o VeraBank
105 Hwy 31 E.
PO Box 127
Chandler, TX 75758
