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Steelers QB hurt in motorcycle accident!; ...here come the heart attacks!!! :(
Topic Started: Jun 12 2006, 08:08 AM (279 Views)
The 89th Key
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/s_457685.html

Video: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9...67/detail.html#
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FrankM
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Sounds like it could be at least a concussion, his second one. Hope that's all it is. No helmet. :eek: Geez!
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big al
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Some details from the Pgh Post-Gazette. I wish the guy would wear a helmet.

Roethlisberger hurt in motorcycle crash
Monday, June 12, 2006

By Michael A. Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured when his motorcycle was involved in a crash on the 10th Street Bridge today.

Roethlisberger was injured shortly after 11:15 a.m. at the Second Avenue side of the bridge near the Armstrong Tunnel.

Steelers' spokesman David Lockett confirmed Roethlisberger was involved and is being treated at Mercy Hospital.

An eyewitness said she saw a motorcycle headed outbound on Second Avenue as a car was coming inbound. The car, a Chrysler New Yorker, made a left turn toward the bridge in front of the cyclist. The motorcycle hit the car and the operator flew into the windshield and then hit the ground.

The witness said she went to the aid of the motorcyclist and asked his name. He said it was "Ben" and tried to get up, but she told him to stay still.

The victim was bleeding heavily from a head injury, and blood pooled on the pavement. The witness said he was not wearing a helmet.

Roethlisberger has been known to refuse to wear a helmet when operating his cycle.

The entire front end of the motorcycle was destroyed. The car sustained damage on the passenger side door.

Pittsburgh Police spokeswoman Tammy Ewen said that the department would issue a release in regards to the accident specifics around 3 p.m. today, but would not have information on Roethlisberger's condition. Ewen said that information would come from Steelers officials.

Ewen also stressed that accident investigations can take "weeks, not hours" to complete.

During an interview last year, Steelers Hall-of-Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw offered one piece of advice for Roethlisberger about his motorcycle.

"Ride it when you retire. That's the way I feel. Those things are dangerous."


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Mikhailoh
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Oh my God.. I am so sorry to hear that.

I am a big proponent of helmet laws. If anyone could see the heartbreak, expense and difficulty my piano teacher's family has caring for their paraplegic and brain damaged son.. bike, no helmet.. they would never ride without one again. I would think one would be especially likely to wear one in Pittsburgh, with the congestion, narrow lanes and winding roads.

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Luke's Dad
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[size=14]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

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Is there any way we can get a helmet on that emoticon?
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Terry
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I hear his condition has improved...

upgraded to 'Bledsoe'...

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jon-nyc
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Related tidbit re helmet laws...

A friend of mine needs a kidney and is on a regional waiting list. When he asked his doctor what he could do to improve his chances the answer he got was 'move to a state with no motorcycle helmet law'.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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Dave Spelvin
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My trauma doctor friend calls them donor cycles.
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kenny
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jon-nyc
Jun 12 2006, 11:21 PM
Related tidbit re helmet laws...

A friend of mine needs a kidney and is on a regional waiting list.  When he asked his doctor what he could do to improve his chances the answer he got was 'move to a state with no motorcycle helmet law'.

I had to think about that one for a minute . . .


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