RavenFZ6
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(Updated w/ PICTURES + Q&A 3/20/11) Hospitalized Since monday due to Guy in F150 cutting me off..
Edit:
For those of you who are hunting around for previous updates made, I have listed their location below :thumbup:
- Update #2 - Page #3 > Post #21
- Update #3 - Page #4 > Post #36
- Update #4 - Page #6 > Post #58
- Update #5 - Page #7 > Post #65
- Update #6 - Page #8 > Post #73 <--- PICTURES
- Update #7 - Page #8 > Post #78 <--- Responses to questions from Members (Posts #2 - #77)
- Update #8 - Page #9 > Post #81 <--- Xrays from last Tuesdays Doctors visit + Info =/
Hey guys,
Im not sure if this is the right place to post this but yeah the title pretty much sums it all up so ill explain it from the begining.
One of my best friends from high school flew out here on saturday because he hasnt been out to arizona before, and since it was our spring break from college, I wanted to show him a good time. We had a lot of plans for the week ahead that he would be here for including renting quads on tuesday, riding up to the grand canyon with the bikes on wednesday, and then we were supposed to fly back to new jersey today so i could visit my family, and he could be with his. It should have been an awesome 2 weeks.
But monday changed all of that.
It was about 6pm and my friend (Anthony) and I were on the way to go cruise up the south mountains of phoenix on the bikes. He was on my 2005 FZ-6, and i was on my dads BMW R1100R (with permission of course.)
We were heading south bound on central ave and were approaching the intersection at dobbins road. We had a green light and I was leading, with anthony following about 20 feet behind me. We were not speeding (30-35mph), and had our high beams on so we would be more visible.
There was a guy wearing a huge cowboy hat in an 84 F150, going northbound on the same road who was also approaching the intersection. He ended up pulling into his left hand turning lane with the intention of heading west on dobbins rd. He slowed down as he neared the intersection and stopped at the green light which meant to me that he was gunna wait for us to make it through the intersection. To my misfortune, he ended up instead pulling out infront of me and tried to make his turn. This gave me all of 15 feet to react and try and avoid colliding with his truck. Definately not enough time. I got on the brakes hard and tried swerving left but my manuvering options were severly limited.
I ended up slamming into the side of his pick-up truck just infront of his right rear wheel. Anthony who was riding behind me swerved to miss the wreckage and my body by about 5 feet. He saw the whole thing happen and when he saw the impact, he thought I wouldnt have made it. So he was slightly relieved to hear me screaming and squirming on the ground.
Meanwhile, you would expect that if someone crashed into the side of your truck, you would stop right away to see what happened. This is not what this driver did though and continued on for a little bit until he pulled into a nearby gas station probably cuz he realized too many people witnessed what happened.
Anthony was about to jump back on the fz6 to chase him down but instead one of the witnesses got to him first.
The first thing I thought of when I hit the ground was "Get out of the middle of the intersection" as i definately did not want to get runover by anyone. I tried getting up but ended up not even being able to sit up and just kinda slumped over on my side. Numerous people got out their cars and were very helpful, as I was in a lot of pain. Someone called 911 and an ambulance arrived at the scene fairly quickly. Police questioned the witnesses, my friend, and the dude driving the f150 while i was loaded into the ambulance, and it was determined that it was 100% the F150 drivers fault.
He claims he didnt see us..
Anthony ended up following me in the ambulance to the hospital on the fz6. I never went out of consciousness or anything like that, and everyone was saying how lucky i was to have been wearing full riding gear (Carbon fiber Helmet, Protective riding Jacket, gloves, Boots.)
It could have been a lot worse but i did get a broken right leg, and a fractured tail bone, as well as numerous bumps and bruises.
I just had surgery for the broken bone yesterday, and if everything goes well I might be released tonight or tomorrow. I made the decision to have the surgery done rather then having a cast so recovery time would be quicker (6-8 weeks instead of 3-4 months.) They had to drill out the inside of the bone and then press fit a titanium rod in the middle to stabilise and align them, and was secured with a couple screws.
Currently im working things out with the insurance companies to make sure I get covered for the medical costs, days ill be missing work and for the totaled bike.
Definately a crappy situation and there isnt much i could do or could have done about it. Its been my first time breaking a bone, first time in an ambulance and first time being involved in a motorvehicle accident. And all less then a week before my 21st birthday.. Haha I turn 21 on March 12th.. so i guess i was overdue for this to happen?? haha
My friends and family have been very supportive and are wishing me a speedy recovery. However i do have a little ways ahead of me before im back to 100% which includes rehab and all of that fun stuff.
Anyways just thought i would share that with you guys and Im sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.
Thank god the FZ6 was alright since i let my friend use it!
Oh and for you guys familiar with the phoenix area, Im at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center off 12th st & McDowell
Edit:
For those of you who are hunting around for previous updates made, I have listed their location below :thumbup:
- Update #2 - Page #3 > Post #21
- Update #3 - Page #4 > Post #36
- Update #4 - Page #6 > Post #58
- Update #5 - Page #7 > Post #65
- Update #6 - Page #8 > Post #73 <--- PICTURES
- Update #7 - Page #8 > Post #78 <--- Responses to questions from Members (Posts #2 - #77)
- Update #8 - Page #9 > Post #81 <--- Xrays from last Tuesdays Doctors visit + Info =/
Hey guys,
Im not sure if this is the right place to post this but yeah the title pretty much sums it all up so ill explain it from the begining.
One of my best friends from high school flew out here on saturday because he hasnt been out to arizona before, and since it was our spring break from college, I wanted to show him a good time. We had a lot of plans for the week ahead that he would be here for including renting quads on tuesday, riding up to the grand canyon with the bikes on wednesday, and then we were supposed to fly back to new jersey today so i could visit my family, and he could be with his. It should have been an awesome 2 weeks.
But monday changed all of that.
It was about 6pm and my friend (Anthony) and I were on the way to go cruise up the south mountains of phoenix on the bikes. He was on my 2005 FZ-6, and i was on my dads BMW R1100R (with permission of course.)
We were heading south bound on central ave and were approaching the intersection at dobbins road. We had a green light and I was leading, with anthony following about 20 feet behind me. We were not speeding (30-35mph), and had our high beams on so we would be more visible.
There was a guy wearing a huge cowboy hat in an 84 F150, going northbound on the same road who was also approaching the intersection. He ended up pulling into his left hand turning lane with the intention of heading west on dobbins rd. He slowed down as he neared the intersection and stopped at the green light which meant to me that he was gunna wait for us to make it through the intersection. To my misfortune, he ended up instead pulling out infront of me and tried to make his turn. This gave me all of 15 feet to react and try and avoid colliding with his truck. Definately not enough time. I got on the brakes hard and tried swerving left but my manuvering options were severly limited.
I ended up slamming into the side of his pick-up truck just infront of his right rear wheel. Anthony who was riding behind me swerved to miss the wreckage and my body by about 5 feet. He saw the whole thing happen and when he saw the impact, he thought I wouldnt have made it. So he was slightly relieved to hear me screaming and squirming on the ground.
Meanwhile, you would expect that if someone crashed into the side of your truck, you would stop right away to see what happened. This is not what this driver did though and continued on for a little bit until he pulled into a nearby gas station probably cuz he realized too many people witnessed what happened.
Anthony was about to jump back on the fz6 to chase him down but instead one of the witnesses got to him first.
The first thing I thought of when I hit the ground was "Get out of the middle of the intersection" as i definately did not want to get runover by anyone. I tried getting up but ended up not even being able to sit up and just kinda slumped over on my side. Numerous people got out their cars and were very helpful, as I was in a lot of pain. Someone called 911 and an ambulance arrived at the scene fairly quickly. Police questioned the witnesses, my friend, and the dude driving the f150 while i was loaded into the ambulance, and it was determined that it was 100% the F150 drivers fault.
He claims he didnt see us..
Anthony ended up following me in the ambulance to the hospital on the fz6. I never went out of consciousness or anything like that, and everyone was saying how lucky i was to have been wearing full riding gear (Carbon fiber Helmet, Protective riding Jacket, gloves, Boots.)
It could have been a lot worse but i did get a broken right leg, and a fractured tail bone, as well as numerous bumps and bruises.
I just had surgery for the broken bone yesterday, and if everything goes well I might be released tonight or tomorrow. I made the decision to have the surgery done rather then having a cast so recovery time would be quicker (6-8 weeks instead of 3-4 months.) They had to drill out the inside of the bone and then press fit a titanium rod in the middle to stabilise and align them, and was secured with a couple screws.
Currently im working things out with the insurance companies to make sure I get covered for the medical costs, days ill be missing work and for the totaled bike.
Definately a crappy situation and there isnt much i could do or could have done about it. Its been my first time breaking a bone, first time in an ambulance and first time being involved in a motorvehicle accident. And all less then a week before my 21st birthday.. Haha I turn 21 on March 12th.. so i guess i was overdue for this to happen?? haha
My friends and family have been very supportive and are wishing me a speedy recovery. However i do have a little ways ahead of me before im back to 100% which includes rehab and all of that fun stuff.
Anyways just thought i would share that with you guys and Im sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.
Thank god the FZ6 was alright since i let my friend use it!
Oh and for you guys familiar with the phoenix area, Im at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center off 12th st & McDowell
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