RIVERVIEW, Fla. - A Hillsborough County father and son are in the hospital after a crash near Riverview on Sunday.

Caden Pinnock, 7, and his father, CJ, are part of the East Bay Buccaneers' Mighty Mites. Caden plays for the youth football team and CJ is one of the team's coaches.

The team's other coaches said Caden lost part of his left leg and CJ is still fighting for his life.

What we know:

Brian Owens and Will Storms, who also coach the Mighty Mites, said they were getting ready for practice on Sunday evening when they got gut-wrenching news from a family friend of Caden and CJ. They said the father and son had been involved in a car crash at U.S. 301 and 19th Avenue just south of Riverview on Sunday.

"Caden and his father were airlifted here to Tampa General," Owens said.

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