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The son of former AFL great Nathan Buckley has narrowly avoided death in a serious karting accident during a high-speed practice session.
Jett Buckley - who is the spitting image of his dad during his peak powers with Collingwood - had been guiding his kart around an inner-Melbourne track when the brake line on his kart snapped.
The 15-year-old was thrown from the kart down an embankment, landing on the tarmac with the kart landing on top of him.
Paramedics and firefighters treat Jett Buckley after he was involved in a nasty crash during practice in Melbourne
Jett Buckley is treated by paramedics after crashing his go kart in Melbourne
Jett and his famous father Nathan Buckley during an earlier event
Posting on Instagram on Wednesday, Jett confirmed he was lucky to be alive.
'I have lacerated my kidney and liver. I have also snapped my clavicle (collarbone),' he told his followers.
'My elbow and forearm are yet to be determined, waiting for scans.'
Jett remains in the Royal Children's Hospital, where he is expected to stay for the coming days.
Harrowing photos posted to Instagram show the shocking moments immediately after the crash.
Firefighters and paramedics can be seen treating Buckley on the track, with his trashed kart pictured in the foreground.
Jett is comforted by his mum Tania on the way to hospital
Royal Children's Hospital staff in Melbourne treat the injured racer
Jett's clavicle was smashed to pieces in the shocking crash
Other images show Jett's mum Tania, who split with dad Nathan in December 2020, comforting her son within the back of an ambulance.
Jett's smashed clavicle can be seen as he lay motionless on a stretcher on the way to
