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Big Ben In Motorcycle Crash
POSTED: 11:54 am EDT June 12, 2006PITTSBURGH -- Police were called to the scene of a motorcycle accident near the Armstrong Tunnel on Monday morning.
Officials said a vehicle and the motorcycle collided outside the tunnel along Second Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. He was taken to Mercy Hospital.
His condition is not known at this time.
Channel 11’s Rick Earle is headed to the scene.
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Linky dink....
http://www.wpxi.com/sports/9356102/detail.html
Oh no! Prayers up for Ben.
Who is Ben Roethlisberger?
He was riding a motorcycle? A lot of players' contracts stipulate that they will not ride motorcycles. I hope he's OK.
Hope he's OK. We always win our Superbowls in twos.
KDKA.com reports Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (head) has been injured in a motorcycle accident around 11:30 am Monday, June 12. The team has confirmed Roethlisberger was injured. He was not wearing a helmet when he flew over the handlebars and hit his head on the windshield of a car, according to an eyewitness. The witness added Roethlisberger seemed groggy and was bleeding from his head, but was able to say his first name. He has been taken to Mercy Hospital, but officials are not commenting on his condition.
Roethlisberger Involved In Motorcycle Accident
POSTED: 11:50 am EDT June 12, 2006UPDATED: 12:09 pm EDT June 12, 2006
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured in a motorcycle accident on Monday morning.
The Steelers confirmed the accident for Channel 4 Action News.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said the accident happened on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge.
A witness told Channel 4 Action News that Roethlisberger went over the handlebars, hit the windshield of another vehicle and then hit the ground.
Roethlisberger was not wearing a helmet, according to the paper.
Police have closed down the bridge, Second Avenue and the Armstrong Tunnels.
Roethlisberger was taken to Mercy Hospital. There is no word on the extent of his injuries.
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Dang...why wasn't he wearing a helmet? You hate to see this happen to anyone, and the fact that he's the face of a franchise just makes it worse.
Real foolish.
I pray he's ok. But that sounds bad!
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Cowher had warned him about this before. It's likely Ben was too busy dodging the saliva shower to really take in the mush-mouthed lecture.
At least 6 stories about this posted in 45 minutes, 5 banished to chat and at least 1 pulled.
I'm not saying this should be in Breaking, but maybe if some of the mods weren't so triggerhappy to banish every story with the slightest tangential relationship to sports into chat 'Sports' topic only this might be less of a problem.
When someone high-profile like the Superbowl-winning quarterback is rushed to the hospital with a bloody head after a motorcycle accident where he refused to wear a helmet, that just might be news, because it is going to generate stories the rest of the week about helmet laws. Safety vs. individual freedom, how far should laws go, nanny state vs. social libertarianism/conservatism, certainly those are in the realm of politics.
OJ was accused of just a murder, but the story was much bigger than that with all kinds of political ramifications. But he was a former football player, so would all the stories about his arrest and trial have been banished to 'Sports'?