please, please, take care out there on the roads
Just had a call telling me the following:
Yesterday afternoon, my girlfriend was taken out by an hgv turning left across her on the Finchley Road (?) in London.
The police have taken the cctv footage.
She was heli-lifted from the scene to The Royal London.
She underwent 7 hours of surgery on her smashed elbow and arm, she also underwent several hours of surgery on her leg which is a muscular / flesh wound.
She did not suffer any head injuries.
She cracked her pelvis, coccyx, ribs and some others besides which are secondary concerns to the surgeons at this stage.
She regained consciousness this morning.
I am to ring later this evening as she's seeing family this morning although she can't talk yet.
Her days as a triathelete are over.
But she's alive.
So, please, please take care out there, it's not your riding that worries me, it's other road users that bother me.
Tim
[Edited on 28-4-2005 by aws]
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