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Christopher
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:44 am    Post subject: Wreck on Alumni Reply with quote

Copied from Duc Do's kycyclist with the poster's encouragment:

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Yesterday morning Ron Lee, a UK Employee, hit a car that suddenly pulled out in front of him on Alumni Dr. near the Nutter Field house. He went over the car and landed on his head. Fortunately he was wearing a helmet. He has had surgery on his hand which is in traction and Monday he will have surgery on his leg. I don't really know any more details except that it was not a hit and run. If I hear any more details I'll post them.

Debra L. Hutchins

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

damn... I hate to hear stuff like that, but it happens more than anyone will ever know.

I'm not the kind of guy who tells people they should wear helmets, and I still take offense when I meet those types of preachy people who look down on you when you don't wear one... but, I will say that after seeing my wife's helmet split open after her impact with a car, I now wear mine pretty much every time I hop on the bike.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think what most astonishes me is that people always leave the scene of the accident. pieces of shit human beings.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got hit (again) about 2 weeks ago by a cab driver who didn't completely stop at a stop sign. Luckily I was riding uphill and didn't have much speed built up. She t-boned me on my right side (my sexy side). She got out crying but I was just worried about my bike (mid 80's blue soma nicknamed "UAV" for urban assault vehicle) luckily it wasn't damaged. A witness stopped and went off on the cab driver so I really didn't have to say a word. Which was good because I couldn't speak, out of pure shock that she actually stopped to see if I was okay.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its no safer to be a ped than on a bike in Lex, apparently.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is really, really disheartening.

Hit & Run drivers have a special place reserved for them in hell. That's why I have no problem now being preachy about wearing a helmet...because these people will run you over and not give two thoughts about the damage they've caused. They only care about themselves and not getting caught. I never wore a helmet because I doubted my own biking skills. I wore it because of the drivers around me. It makes me sad that people like hit&run drivers exist...but they do.
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