You are hereMan down! - Damon takes one for the team
Man down! - Damon takes one for the team
Oh shit! Looks like Damon got clipped by another truck on his BMX:
dude our fearless full moon cruise leader has gone down.
Damon was hit by a Z71 chevy pick-up today on 51st. The details are sketchy right now, but he's okay. aparently the truck ran a red light and T-boned damon then drug him under the truck for a little bit. He's in the hospital all doped up on morphine, they took a bunch of x-rays and everything looks like its where its supposed to be. Not 100% sure but I was told the truck driver was given a ticket and that after getting damons bike un-jammed from under the truck the cops took the bike and wouldnt release it until further investigated.
Thanks for the heads-up Justin. Heal up, Damon!
Damon was in good spirits when I saw him yesterday. He was limping, and had some bruises. The way Damon described the accident his legs may have been saved because the burley-ass BMX bike he was riding took a lot of the weight of the truck off of him. When the truck came to a stop both of Damon's legs were underneath one of the tires. His bike was up in there too holding up much of the vehicle's weight.
Luck, pure luck.
I was glad to see him walking and talking and cracking jokes.
-Ken Cameron
austinpedicab.org
it's great that bikers get taken to jail for running red lights and drivers get a ticket for running a red light and slamming into a guy on a bike and dragging him under the car...
The driver should be paying the hospital bill, too...
... if the police determined that the truck driver ran a red light and hit Damon, and ticketed them for that, they'll probably be paying. And paying for a new bike for Damon, plus putting some money in his pocket for pain and suffering and lost wages. All in all, it sounds like the police are taking accidents involving cyclists more seriously than they used to.
But more importantly, hopefully Damon's not too badly hurt and will be back out there soon ...
for fucks sake.....
Glad he seems to be ok, you know which hospital he is at? I'm off tomorrow wanna go see him.
~oneLescar
~ people always talk about my drinking, but never my thirst