US EditionWarren Central Student Hospitalized with Second-Degree Burns After Majorette Team Practice
The student was made to crawl 600 meters on hot asphalt during practice, causing burns requiring six months to heal, according to her father and hospital officials.
- On Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, Trinity, a 14-year-old freshman majorette at Warren Central High School, was forced to do bear crawls on the scorching track and hospitalized at Riley Hospital for Children.
- The Warren Central dance coach allegedly pushed Trinity to do extra bear crawls after she reported she had `3 F's` on her report card, her father says, trying to make her go about a mile.
- Hospital doctors diagnosed second-degree burns to Trinity's hands with large blisters shown in photographs shared by the family, and she completed about 600 meters of bear crawls on the hot track.
- Attorney Dustin Fregiato said, `We have placed the school on notice of our representation` after Travis Peagler, father, filed a police report and the Warren Township School District began an active investigation.
- Parents reported that multiple dancers returned with blisters after the drill, and the Peagler family demands accountability as Travis Peagler said, `She was loving the first few weeks of high school, and now she's not.
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Family claims dance coach's extreme training led to teen's burns
Teen hospitalized for severe burns after dance practice INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized for second-degree burns after, her parents said Wednesday, her coach pushed her dance training too far. “Trinity” is a freshman at Warren Central High School. Her parents told News 8 that she was excited to be on the dance team, but, on Sept. 18, her family said, “Trinity” was made to do bear crawls on a hot track surface when air te…
Warren Central student hospitalized with second-degree burns after majorette team practice
INDIANAPOLIS — A Warren Central High School student athlete's parents are calling for stronger safety measures at the school after they say their 14-year-old daughter suffered second-degree burns during majorette practice last week. A competitive dancer since she was a toddler, the freshman's parents said she was excited to be a part of the majorette team, pushing herself so she wouldn't get cut. "She was loving the first few weeks of high schoo…
Student suffered second-degree burns at majorette practice at Warren Central High School
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS PHOTOS OF BURNS THAT MAY BE SENSITIVE TO SOME READERSINDIANAPOLIS An east side father, Travis Peagler, is shocked at the damage done to his daughter's hands during an after-school practice."I'm a former 82nd Airborne Division soldier. Jumping out of airplanes and all that, training to be an aeronaut. My hands have never looked the way her hands looked, Peagler said.The 14-year-old Warren Central High School freshma…
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