My favorite grad student got hit by a car on her bike.

[zoidberg]

She is ok. Her knee is pretty messed up and HUGE, but nothing is broken. Her head went through the windshield and her back got cut pretty bad, but thank god she was wearing her helmet. The guy's car had to be towed because she smashed it up so much when it hit her.

She was supposed to do a marathon on the 20th, and I am so sad for her that she is not going to be able to. She is going to need PT for her knee, who knows when she can start running again.

The idiot drove right into her while turning left. Didn't even try to stop. Later he told the cops that his brakes were not working (and you were driving because???) and also he was wearing fucking soccer cleats while driving. Jackass. I hope he gets in serious trouble for this.

Be careful out there, everybody.

[kams]

Oh my gosh this is horrible!!! Where was it? I'm so glad she is ok. How terrible though, with her marathon so close

[zoidberg]

San Mateo and Constitution. She was on her way home.

[coconutbug]

Oh man, that is awful!! I'm glad she's relatively okay and hope she heals up quickly.

[emilyj]

Oh my gosh, her head went through the windshield? How scary. I'm glad she's relatively ok, and I hope that jackass gets in serious trouble.

[kams]

Oh man . Well, hopefully she continues to feel ok. I had a friend get hit 2 weeks ago - cracked helmet, major damage to his bike, but he felt ok to run his 50k on Saturday. Crossing my fingers that she can bounce back, too. Ack it all suck and is so scary.

[gt7301b]

Ekkkk! I'm so sorry, hope she recovers quickly.

[cinco]

That really sucks I feel like I've been hearing about so many bike accidents lately.

[katietornado]

I'm so sorry I've been hit three times and there have been zero consequences for the drivers. I hope there are this time.

[taratru]

That is such bullshit. I can't BELIEVE how oblivious drivers are sometimes...and in a place where bikers and runners are pretty common! I hope she's okay soon.

[Deleted]

That is horrible! I hope she heals quickly.

katietornado, drivers here suck.

[skwcm80]

That sucks! I hope she recovers quickly!

[blndsnbrdr]

Oh my goodness. That is so horrible! I was seriously hoping it was far less tramatic!

Glad she is okay, so glad she had a helmet on!

[zoidberg]

Oct 1, 2013 8:12:15 GMT -5 katietornado said:

I'm so sorry I've been hit three times and there have been zero consequences for the drivers. I hope there are this time.

Well I hope she sues his ass at least.

I talked to her today and she has to go see an orthopedic surgeon about her knee. It happened a week ago (I had just assumed she was busy or on vacation) and is still swollen and is getting stiffer. They can't do an MRI yet because there is just so much fluid they won't be able to see anything.

[sadlebred]

Ouch! Sorry to hear that. I hope her knee is ok!

[hurricanedrunk]

This really sucks. Hope she is okay and sues the driver!