India, Sept. 22 -- A Michigan high school athlete suffered a fractured spine during a junior varsity football game when a bigger boy jumped on him and flattened him. A video of the shocking incident has surfaced on social media.

The two teens were on opposing teams during a Thursday evening jv game between Lakeshore and Kalamazoo Central High Schools when the incident took place. The bigger boy seemed to cross a line when they had just finished a play, the injured boy's mother said, according to the New York Post.

Footage shows a Lakeshore player tackling 15-year-old Colton Mims, a Kalamazoo Central player, as the two teams tussle. With Colton still on the ground, the Lakeshore teen climbs off him and stands up before launching his full...