motorcycle accident

[hskater26]

well this weekend i took my yearly trip up to new hampshire with my uncles and dad and a couple of my dads friends. we got up there thursday and friday we decided to go for a nice ride up into maine and back into NH. well seeing how im on the ducati and my dads 2 friends are on sport bikes as well i was ahead of my dad and 2 uncles who ride road kings. we got done with this nice but skinny windy road and were waiting for them to catch up when a few guys rode up onto us and asked if we were with the 3 harley guys and we said yes. and they said we should head back because 2 of them went down. my stomach was pretty much in knots the whole way back seeing how theyre all family so i wasnt looking forward to seeing any of them down. finally i got there and saw my dad he was alright but my 2 uncles werent. one uncle was laying down having trouble breathing and such and the other clearly had a broken ankle, the bone was pushing his boot out. we had pretty good timing though because a car passed by who happened to be a emt as well so he assessed them both and decided my uncle that had been having trouble beathing needed to be life flighted out. once he got to the hospital he had a broken collar bone. bruised lung. 3 broken ribs. and lacerated liver. he was in the ICU from fri til late sunday night and they moved him to the CCU so hes doing better. my other uncle had his ankle operated and had a pin put in. this was probably one of the most scary experiences ive ever been in. but also makes me realize how important it is to wear all your gear they both had leather jackets and helmets on and that def helped against some rash. they have both been riding for 20+ years so it kinda made me realize even people with a lot of experience can make a simple mistake that can almost take your life. the first uncle that went down said he was checking his speed then looked up and there was a corner out of know where and by the time he tried to get into the corner he was already into the sand/gravel pull off by that time my other uncle panicked and locked up his breaks and went into the pull off as well luckily my dad made it around the corner and stopped. so to all the guys out there who ride just make sure your careful you just never know what can happen.

[lovemyraffe]

I'm glad things weren't worse.I've been a huge advocate of proper safety gear since I t-boned a minivan on my bike 8 years ago.Please, everyone, be careful.

[Kamikaze]

Glad to hear everyone is ok.

[808 Vibes]

I wish them a speedy recovery.

[djkeev]

Sorry to hear about the troubles. Hope all ends up well.You didn't mention ages and physical shape but I've seen older guys on HUGE bikes encounter all sorts of troubles. Not so much when actively riding (but failing eyesight can present problems spotting road hazards and such. Also older folk can't stay in a straight line, even in a car, if they divert eyes from the road as your uncle did. With failing eyes it takes a few seconds to refocus on the speedo and those few seconds can kill you on a bike.) but when moving very slow or being stopped. Some don't have the physical strength to manhandle the weight and be able to keep the bike upright. I was once at a stop sign behind a beautiful Gleaming white Big bike with containers and such. He had his wife behind him and he was older, much older. (Pennsylvania repealed the helmet law so you can see what people look like on a bike now, stupidest thing I ever heard of but.....) He stopped, put his foot down and then the entire setup tipped off to the side in slow motion with the wife taking a face plant on the asphalt and the old guy pinned under the weight of the bike.Some need to realize that as age creeps on, there are activities that one should not do any longer.Dave

[northvibe]

oh crap, so your uncle is doing better? Glad to hear they survived and got help.Ive seen a bad cycle accident a couple years ago and since then my want for a sport bike diminished. I have too much of a need for speed and I would probably get hurt bad...

[keithvibe]

dame pat that bad and good. bad that it happend good that they will make a full recovery.

[Sublimewind]

That's a real shame bro, sorry to hear about it... I hope the one uncle is going to be alright... I'm sure it was one of the scariest things you've ever witnessed..

[hskater26]

thanks everyone. my uncle is going to be moved from the critical care unit to a reg room soon and hopefully shortly after that hell be coming home

[808 Vibes]

Good to hear he has improved

[bull77]

sorry to hear -- glad everyone is going to be okay my sister and her bf had a similiar accident taking a corner and slipping on gravel. she ended up with some road rash and a cracked helmet, he snapped his ankle into a 90 degree angle

[BlueCrush]

Sorry to hear about your Uncle's accident. Good that they are recovering.

[JohnC]

Good call by the passerby EMT , these guys are under appreciated and under paid.

[Amtron]

Hey man, sorry to hear about this. I'm glad everyone made it out okay in the end though.