So Patrick had an interesting start to his Friday morning - he was hit by a car while biking to work. Thankfully he is okay, but his practically brand new bike is in pieces.
The car that hit him was making a left turn and never saw Patrick - he was more focused on the car advancing behind him. I guess he thought he could beat the car so he hit the gas to cross on coming traffic and ended up hitting the back of Patrick's bike and sending him flying and spinning through the air.
Here is the bike and Patrick back at home.
The bike actually took the brunt of the hit and the pavement - breaking in 6 places!
It looks like someone ripped the bike apart with the jaws of life.
Patrick stayed clipped into the pedals and held on the whole time - he thinks this helped in the long run, as opposed to being ejected from the bike and sailing through the air. He was very lucky and walked away with very few injuries. Definitely sore - but the doctor checked him out and okayed him to get back out there when he is ready - once he gets a new bike that is!
This is a photo a few days after the accident - bruises are coming in nicely!
Thankfully Patrick was able to call me himself - but I was glad he had his road id on as well. If you bike or run, check out this website - http://www.roadid.com/Common/default.aspx
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