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Bike rider with branch impaled in neck drives himself to the hospital
springfieldnewssun.com ^
| Rick Couri
Posted on 07/26/2015 12:29:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin
ALBUQUERQUE, NM A man was riding his bike on rough trails when he took a fall. As he got up and evaluated his condition, he quickly realized something was very wrong.
Sticking out of the let side of his neck was a small tree limb.
Still thinking clearly, the rider left the wood in his neck, went back to his car, and drove himself 20 miles to the nearest hospital.
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Deriy praised the rider for his calm actions. "If you have something like that happen, its a good idea not to touch, he explained. The doctor stressed it is more important to get to a hospital as soon as possible.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:29:24 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Lefties will say it’s payback for all the paper he’s been using.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:30:59 PM PDT
by
albie
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:31:22 PM PDT
by
truth_seeker
(come with the outlws.)
To: BenLurkin
He wins the trophy for staying cool under pressure!!
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:33:18 PM PDT
by
lee martell
(The sag)
To: BenLurkin
I HATE it when that happens!
To: BenLurkin
In before the anti bike FReepers say “Good, he deserved it!”
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:36:35 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(Obamacare needs a deatha panel)
To: BenLurkin
Doesn't look like it hit anything vital. Could have been very bad.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:39:26 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: BenLurkin
Can happen a lot easier than people think. While trimming trees, I tripped, lost my balance, and landed right next to a large branch that I had downed earlier - but with a SHARP shoot sticking straight up.
I added that one to my book of close calls. Be careful out there.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:41:12 PM PDT
by
BobL
(REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
To: BenLurkin
Don't mess with Treebeard!
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: BenLurkin
Very important lesson: NEVER remove anything of any significant size that has impaled you, especially if near a vital organ or major artery or vein. It might be the only thing keeping you from bleeding to death on the spot.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:43:14 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
“It’s only a flesh wound.”
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:46:01 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:48:01 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: BenLurkin
Good thing he drove himself to the hospital - the cost of an ambulance ride would have killed him.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:50:24 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: BenLurkin
He needs to contact the branch manager.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:55:48 PM PDT
by
caddie
To: COBOL2Java
And he disrespected my apples!
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:55:52 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: caddie
You just had to stick that in there.
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posted on
07/26/2015 12:57:34 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: piytar
Very important lesson: NEVER remove anything of any significant size that has impaled you, especially if near a vital organ or major artery or vein. It might be the only thing keeping you from bleeding to death on the spot. Yes. DON'T PULL OUT THE CORK!
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:04:13 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
To: piytar
There’s a reason they don’t serve pork chops in Texas prisons anymore. One inmate stabbed another with a pork chop bone and despite being told not to remove it before medical got to him, he did and bled out.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:07:13 PM PDT
by
bgill
( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: raybbr
In before the anti bike FReepers say Good, he deserved it!
Naw, mountain bikers are cool. It's the pimped-out road bikers who deserve it.
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posted on
07/26/2015 1:07:16 PM PDT
by
fr_freak
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