Justin was injured in a motor vehicle accident in November 2000 while driving to his father’s house. His car went airborne after hitting a guardrail, flipped several times, and he was ejected before the vehicle landed on him. The accident resulted in a traumatic brain injury and a T6 spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed. Six years later, while playing lsed hockey, he suffered another spinal injury after fracturing his back at T9.