Non-contiguous ligament injury in a hyperextension cervical spinal injury. T2-weighted MR image reveals a traumatic disc herniation (arrowhead) and anterior longitudinal tear (solid arrow) and interspinous (black arrows) ligament tear in C5-6 due to the distractive extension injury. Note the non-contiguous ligament injury in the anterior longitudinal ligament at the disc level of C7-T1 (open arrow).