senecahome
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This is a dictated post by my son.
A Bad Blue-ridge Parkway Ride.
Hey guys this is a difficult post but thought you might want to know.
Saturday April 27 I was on a group ride headed North on the Blueridge parkway in VA. At milepost 101 on a sweeping right hand turn I continued straight across the southbound lane and left the parkway going down the mountain side. Since I remember nothing I assume I blacked out for a while. The rider in front of me luckily saw me in his mirrors when I went off the road and was able to get EMS onsite within 15 min.
To retrieve the bike they had to use a large 60 ton rotating wrecker with a boom and spool out over 150ft of cable to be able to hook up.
Fortunately where I exited the road the park service had done some clear cutting down the hillside and I apparently missed any large stumps. EMS spent about an hour pulling me off the mountainside then flew me to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital where I've been recovering in the Intensive Care Unit.
Injuries include torn colon, fractured sternum, scapula, clavicle, ribs, spine and abdominal trauma. Fortunately the spine injuries are treatable with PT but they had to remove approximately 3/4 of the colon.
Bike injuries... totaled. My son is working with insurance to hopefully get access to the bike. If he's able to we hope to get the bike back and there will likely be a parts list posted later.
Looks like I'll be stuck here another week or two maybe more.
Glen
(this is cross posted on other forums)
A Bad Blue-ridge Parkway Ride.
Hey guys this is a difficult post but thought you might want to know.
Saturday April 27 I was on a group ride headed North on the Blueridge parkway in VA. At milepost 101 on a sweeping right hand turn I continued straight across the southbound lane and left the parkway going down the mountain side. Since I remember nothing I assume I blacked out for a while. The rider in front of me luckily saw me in his mirrors when I went off the road and was able to get EMS onsite within 15 min.
To retrieve the bike they had to use a large 60 ton rotating wrecker with a boom and spool out over 150ft of cable to be able to hook up.
Fortunately where I exited the road the park service had done some clear cutting down the hillside and I apparently missed any large stumps. EMS spent about an hour pulling me off the mountainside then flew me to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital where I've been recovering in the Intensive Care Unit.
Injuries include torn colon, fractured sternum, scapula, clavicle, ribs, spine and abdominal trauma. Fortunately the spine injuries are treatable with PT but they had to remove approximately 3/4 of the colon.
Bike injuries... totaled. My son is working with insurance to hopefully get access to the bike. If he's able to we hope to get the bike back and there will likely be a parts list posted later.
Looks like I'll be stuck here another week or two maybe more.
Glen
(this is cross posted on other forums)
