Posted on 06/28/2015 8:54:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Several cyclists were injured Saturday morning after crashing into a dead alligator that was blocking a Weston road.
The cyclists were riding on State Road 84 near Indian Trace Road in Weston, according to city officials. That's when the first riders hit the animal, causing a chain reaction crash.
Broward Sheriff's Office FIre Rescue transported four of the injured cyclists to area hospitals. They have not been identified, and their conditions were not released.
I thought people on motorcycles were bikers. And people on bicycles were cyclists.
Worst I’ve had to worry about, so far, has been a buck breaking cover and running across in front of me as I was making a speedy pace and a kid in a puke colored Civic flipping out about “two wheelers” and crossing into the shoulder to try and hit me.
After reading this article, I am now 73% more likely to run into something bizarre like and angry pheasant or a runaway dairy cow out for a giggle walk..
...thanks Mr. Murphy...
Coming down off that 9 foot high mountain heading for the coast?
“dead” Pinin’ for the lagoon?
Maybe it was just resting.
I remember when a live gator put a 4 door Cadillac in a ditch, bicycles are easy.
This is South Florida.
There are NO hills.
Cept for the landfills.
Alligators. Notorious for their ability to become completely invisible once dead.
Now that makes more sense. Dead baby alligators are much harder to see, especially since they don't wear bright-colored spandex.
Well, what do you expect on “Alligator Alley”?
What a croc...
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