Guess I'm last to report. Thought I was okay when the EMS and such got there and reclaiming the air that got knocked out of me, nothing broken (just twisted and bruised). Got home to a sniffing dog on my leg and as I removed my riding pants, realized I was bleeding. After showering and nursing the cut, realized I couldn't stop the bleeding. Thanks to Kathy who mothered and nursed me thru the first part of what to do and then to Jackie who made a house visit to check on me. She told me I needed stitches. But stubborn me was going to the hospital to get stitched up. She wrapped me up and told me if it didn't stop bleeding, that I needed to go to the hospital for stitches. Well, at 10 last night I'm in Duke Raleigh emergency. 3 hrs. later and 3 stitches later I'm coming home. Banged and bruised and cut but doing okay.
Thanks to Tom for riding home and getting his truck and coming back and taking us walking wounded back to BJP. And thanks to all for being there under this unfortunate situation. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fissel To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [Gyros: 16989] Sunday Recovery Ride Scorecard Ed, everybody was either in crash mode or avoiding-crash mode to even think about the plate number. I saw the jerk coming in my trusty ole mirror, and alerted the group that we were about to be passed, all the while seeing oncoming traffic (two vehicles). Biggy was at the front, soft pedaled and hugged the edge of the pavement to avoid being hit by said ahole who swerved back over in our lane to miss the oncoming traffic. Kathy was behind Bob and got in his wheel, instantly her, Grey, Kim and Jackie were sprawling across the lane. I was well enough off the back to avoid Jackie, either jump over her or head into the left lane. The very polite and alert drivers of the oncoming vehicles had enough awareness to go off the shoulder to allow me to come into their lane and not have to attempt to jump Jackie - or there would have been five down. This all happened just about at the county line on Carpenter Pond/Old Creedmoor (no, we had no intentions of sprinting, just enjoyng another recovery ride). The vehicle was burgundy or deep red, an SUV, and either an Expedition or Suburban. Very, very nice folks in the oncoming vehicles, one driver made the 911 call and the other couple stayed the whole time until we were all on our way, by ambulance, truck and bike. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [Gyros: 16986] Sunday Recovery Ride Scorecard So sorry to hear this. Get well soon. And a broken window at bjp.. That its a first. Did anyone get a plate of the car or a Description of it. Did the police come? Sent from my android device. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Fissel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 1:34 PM Subject: [Gyros: 16981] Sunday Recovery Ride Scorecard One flaming a$$hole driver four Gyrosians on the deck (Kathy, Grey, Kim, Jackie) one broken rib - at least (Kim) three unrideable bikes (Kathy's, Grey's, Jackie's - after the crash, on her way back to BJPP) one busted window and one stolen purse (Jackie's, unbelieveable, at BJPP, probably ten meiutes before she and Bob got back to her car). Sunday in hell! Heal fast, all those that went down. Share the road. -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
