[Rec_bike] FW: Follow Up

[Mathew Wright]

Bob,
     Not sure I know Steve, but his story is very scary!  I hope that he 
has a full recovery.  Reminds me that we need to be very careful with 
our biking activities.

Mat

On 10/22/2012 7:07 AM, Bob Ornelaz wrote:
> Below is the mishap scoop from Steve himself.
>
> WARNING - may cause cringing!
>
> *From:* Steve Shuster
>
> *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2012 12:00 AM
> *To:* tommadams at earthlink.net
> *Subject:* Follow Up
>
> Tom, here's a follow up with some detail about Saturday's mishap.
>
> I had just dropped my car off at a shop on 17 and was going to take a 
> ride out towards Yorktown. I was riding down Goodwin Neck and 
> preparing to turn left on to Freedom Blvd. right before the turn in 
> for the dump. I saw a pickup truck pull up on Freedom at the stop sign 
> and prepare to turn left on to Goodwin, and I thought, "this guy 
> doesn't see me." This turned out to be true as he began pulling out in 
> to my path. I yelled out hoping to get the guys attention, but it was 
> too late, he collided with my front wheel. I went down and don't 
> remember anything after that point until I woke up in the ER. I 
> remember getting wheeled in to the CAT scan, being nauseous and my 
> right foot hurting. The doc said I had a concussion which was causing 
> the nausea, and had a spiral fracture in my foot.
> Later that day I spoke with a witness who said I was pinned under the 
> truck and unresponsive. By the time the EMTs arrived they had backed 
> the truck up and got me off the bike. I believe my foot was broken 
> because of being pinned between the bike and the road; the concussion 
> was obvious since the helmet was cracked.
> I will be of the bike for at least 6 weeks and will need a new ride. I 
> assume the insurance of the guy who hit me will pick up the tab.
> So in the meantime I'm just hanging out taking pain meds and catching 
> up on sleep. Hope to see a foot specialist on Monday - will keep you 
> posted.
>
> Cheers!
> Steve
>
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