my brother in motorcycle accident update 4

[nthfinity]

edit: update on last page
:( :shock:
by brother is quite a good rider, and has been doing it for years.
on the way home, i just recieved word that he was in an accident,
i will update when i can.

thanks for your support and prayers

edit 8-20
the bike apears mostly intact, with only one visible 'broken bone' attatching the exhaust pipe to the frame. more pics will follow as we have to prepare for the legal assistance, and understand what exactly happened. but here's the kicker... the idiot who cause the accident is still pulling the same fool stunt that cause the accident to begin with :? :2gunfire:
oh yeah, its a 99 GSXR 600
the equipment he wears, and likely saved his upper torso, head, and hands. i can never understand why anybody would not want to wear these protectives... survival of the fitest i suppose...
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accident scene
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the F150 was facing the wrong direction in the exit ramp to the subdivision, and pulled across the road in front of my brother... then once he saw my bro, he stopped, and caused the accident. notice just about 15 inches of tire patch... that seems to have been the point of impact with the rear bumper, and caused the bike to slide sideways. he realed in the power quite superbly until that point as skidding stops slower then otherwise. not even a mile from the house...
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we figure the bike separated near the first blood mark on the pavement
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for those squeemish, just a thumbnail
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things turned down today, some of the peeled skin hasnt taken, and is dying.
also, infection has set in, and so has a fever.

to remedy both these situations, they are operating again on thursday to open the wound again.
also, but not in conjuntion with, they will place some skin grafts on him for a time.
unfortunately, we arent expecting to see him home for at least a week... perhaps 2 :(

[TT]

Ouch! positive energy flying toward your family from Switzerland!! Fingers crossed for some good news soon!

[T-Bird]

I know how bad that can get man, My regards go out to your family.
Hope he will be ok.

[Ghostbat]

Really hope the accident wasn't too serious. Hope he gets well soon..

[No.1]

:fadein: Thoughts are with you

[gis]

thoughts and prays go to you and your family :)

[topgeartom]

my thoughts go to you - hope everything is ok.

[Apac102]

Good luck and I hope everything goes fine

[666fast]

I hope everything is ok with your brother. two friends of mine have been in motorcycle accidents, I know how scary it must be for you.

Best Wishes!

[RC45]

Sorry to hear this.

Having busted, broken and mangled most of my extremities (including a broken head) I know I had my family worrying for me many times - as you must be for your bro.

From his perspective you can be sure any support you offer will help the healing processes - both phyiscal and mental.

Hang in there and know all motorcyclists everywhere spare a thought for fellow riders everyday.

[FordGTGuy]

maybe you should show him this thread when he gets better my thoughts are also out to you good luck.

[sameerrao]

Sorry to hear about the accident - hope he recover soons

[BADMIHAI]

Sorry to hear that, mate. I hope he gets better soon!

[bmagni]

bad to hear that, well be praying for him...

[Stikz]

Hope he recovers soon man and hopefully the whole family deals with it well.
Wish him luck.

[ak1na]

I hope he makes a full recovery.

[Nemisis8u]

Sorry to hear that man. I hope he makes a speedy and full recovery.

[blah]

:( :shock:
by brother is quite a good rider, and has been doing it for years.
on the way home, i just recieved word that he was in an accident, and i am watching my 2 nieces and nephew.
i am asking that everyone here say a prayer for him, weather one convictionor another. im not sure how bad it is. i will update when i can.

thanks for your support

edit:
i just got back from the hospital, he is undergoing re-constructive surgery on his leg (i dont know which one) right now.
a large pickup truck pulled out w/out looking in front of him, and because of his good skills on a bike, he was able to miraculously avoid great injury to most of his body. he has miles of road rash, even with a riding jacket. the helmet did its job very well. his leg seemed to have been cought up under the skin of the truck, and ripped the skin/muscle/tendon tissue like paper around his calf. its amazing there were no broken bones.

he has promiced his wife never to ride again; which in some ways is sad, but a relief to her. she is having a particularly rough time right now. the 3 children are in bed now, and are in quite worried, but dont know quite what about, at 6, 3, and 1.5 years.

god was definately with your brother on this one. You have a very lucky brother. I have a friend who is a CHP officer, he told me some of the worst stories involving bikes. Thank god he had a helmet and a riding suit on.

[novass]

Sorry to hear this. My brother was involved in a bad motorcycle accident years ago that left him a diabetic, so I can kind of relate.

Best wishes.

[Daggernite]

My best wishes goes out to your brother and family. Hope everything goes ok and well.

[TT]

Thanks for the update! Luckily it's not THAT bad! Sadly as many times for bikers, it wasn't his fault :(
To promise to his wife that he will never ride a bike again is very "brave", he sure love her and his kids! Still, when you think a truck can hit you even when you walk down the road, not sure it is really a solution.. but for sure if she is worried by it, it's good for them.

[TransAm]

Best wishes to your family from another biker

[Kal-EL905]

Thoughts are with you and yours from Hamilton, Ontario.

Good luck.

[bmagni]

thxn for the update, hope he gets lots better

[jon_s]

Hope everything works out well!!

[sikx5]

Damn sorry to hear this dude, I hope he recovers soon. I am about to buy my first motorbike and am hearing about/seeing motorbike accidents all over the place :|

I am sure he will be ok, Im sure his family is glad to hear he will never ride again.

[BADMIHAI]

http://img54.exs.cx/img54/1848/DSC00949.jpg

OUCH! That looks like blood on the rear tire. Maybe you should find that truck driver and give him a good beating, especially because he's still doing the same shit. :x

[nthfinity]

OUCH! That looks like blood on the rear tire. Maybe you should find that truck driver and give him a good beating, especially because he's still doing the same shit.

no blood on the tire... but elsewhere :(

we are getting the story together for a legal battle...

[SilviaEvo]

sorry to hear about the accident it always hurts when something like this happens to a loved one

we are getting the story together for a legal battle...

sue him for every penny he is worth

[Minacious]

Just saw this thread.
As a fellow rider I know the dangers that go along with it and always hate to hear that a rider has gone down for whatever the reason.
Fortunately your brother had enough skill to avoid the cage enough to keep from getting hurt even more.

He is definately in my thoughts.

[Jabba]

Very nasty indeed...but I guess it could have been so much worse....hope your brother makes a full recovery.

[RC45]

Thanks for the updates. Good to see the update info with "better" news each time -- and not "worse".

I am sure y'all will get everything worked out.

[nthfinity]

Thanks for the updates. Good to see the update info with "better" news each time -- and not "worse".

I am sure y'all will get everything worked out.


yes, as am i :)
my heart sank when i first heard the news... its such a helpless feeling, as i know we have all heard horror stories of motorcycle accidents

[FoxFour]

It sounds like he will be ok, but I am sure it will take a while for him to get back up to speed. I hope he finally gives up riding. It's not the rider but the other people around him while riding is what scares most people.

[stradale]

Sorry to hear about what happened to your brother. Very sad. I hope he'll recover from his injuries soon.

[DeMoN]

Good thing that everything worked out fine. I dont exactly know how you feel against that darn truck driver, I can only try to feel your anger. I truely would kill him. I mean LITERALLY. I have a 9MM gun and I would most definitelly kill someone if they did something bad to my family.

[nthfinity]

Good thing that everything worked out fine. I dont exactly know how you feel against that darn truck driver, I can only try to feel your anger. I truely would kill him. I mean LITERALLY. I have a 9MM gun and I would most definitelly kill someone if they did something bad to my family.


i think its time for another update...

[chipanggo]

it is unfortunate to hear about your brother's accident. i wish you and your family well and hope for your brother's speedy recovery.

[fedezyl]

i'm sorry to hear about your brother's accident...specially in the way it happened, I hope you get these fuckers big time..

[Fleischmann]

Damn, that must have been a serious accident judging by the marks on the helmet ;(

Hope he will be back on his feet as quickly aspossible :D

[coombsie66]

Best of wishes to your bro mate. I hope he gets well soon, and you give that bastard what he deserves!

[coombsie66]

Don't know about the bike, but the frame should be checked.

As for the protective gear, yeah, everybody should wear it! Even on 50cc scooters, I allways had my helmet on and a bike vest. Shark helmet of 250€, same price for the vest.
And on fast bikes, wear protective pants and boots.

My uncle had a blown tire on the nordschliefe, his bike was totaly wrecked. He only had 1 small blue mark and a light brain concussion. His bikesuit and helmet where ruined (both BMW, so you know that costs a lot and is quality)



About his leg, don't fear to much. But be shure to get a really good fysicotherapist. Not some lady that looks nice but doesn't want to hurt her patiënts, but somebody who is determined to get your brother up and ready as fast as possible. There really is a big different in fysicotherapists!
I had such a lady with my knee, only miniscus that was fucked up, but it took me way to long to get back on my feet. Since she didn't push me hard enough and once I said "auw" she quited doing that exercise.

My dad had a really bad thing to his knee, happened with a 50cc scooter also at only 30km/h. His tibia was splitted over his knee, a great part was split topdown. Kneecap in 4 pieces and some other stuff hanging around (sorry don't know the exact english words for it). Bottom line, was like a bomb exploded in his knee.
Thanks to a good surgeon and a very good fysicotherapists (became one of my dads best friends).
Yes, he stayed 3 weeks in hospital, and didn't go to work for 280 days. He just wasn't fit enough to go to work earlier. He could've stayed home longer, but since he's a cop if he stayed home any longer he would need a medical checkup again, and wanted to avoid that so that he didn't get strickt deskwork.
Now he can do allmost everything, except running.

Yeah, your right about the physiotherapists (i think thats what you meant :wink: ) I had a nice hot trainee to start, and my knee got nowhere, then she left and i got a mad ex-military scottish bad ass, he fuckin got it working again!!
I cracked my lateral meniscus and i tore my cruciate ligament, which one i cant remember, but that was in a shitty rugby training excercise goin wrong (me being unfit and fat as fuck, and suddenly goin into fuckin hard training = byebye knee for 2 years!) lost loads of weight now tho, and me knees fine!

[RC45]

Hopefully all other bike riders reading this topic will now see why some of us ride with the philosophy "I would rather sweat than bleed".

And as such always wear full armoured boots, leather armoured pants and leather armoured jacket and full face helmet and gloves.

Hope he makes a full recovery.

[Nik^XeN]

good luck men..!! i want to drive bikes toinstead of cars

[noosee]

Sad accident. I'ts good that he is almost ok.
I had bike accident a year ago 2, was lucky to wear leders and gloves. Otherwice it could be completly different. My left hand still hearts :(
Don't understand those people who ride without protection. Even on scooters I saw several bad accidents. All bikers are divided to the ones who already crashed and the ones who will. :wink:

[DR.GONZO]

sorry to hear that, Hope he get's well soon, I almost lost my dad in a bike wreck He was out for a week.

[nthfinity]

3 surguries later... and just over a week now.
good news is he can sleep since his halucinations induced by morphine have stopped, this is due
to only taking it after the last two surgeries. a strep infection took over in the sewed and stapled parts of the tibia muscle, and spread into some of the surrounding skin. needless to say, this was causing a fever, and killing the surrounding tissue.
the question remains, where did the infection come from... ?

after removing 6 square inches, they are going to try a skin, and muscle graft from his calf. we are unsure how many surgeries this is going to take at this point, and he is going to be set to be in bed for the next 3 months or so before phisical therepy can begin.

earlier today, we spoke with the lawyer for the first time, and the beginning of the good news financially for him is the lawyer said he wouldn't have come if he didn't believe it to be a strong case... unfortunately, upon a ruling in my brothers' favor...t he guy gets a 1/3 cut... but that isnt so terrible.


Hopefully all other bike riders reading this topic will now see why some of us ride with the philosophy "I would rather sweat than bleed".

And as such always wear full armoured boots, leather armoured pants and leather armoured jacket and full face helmet and gloves.

Hope he makes a full recovery.

this is a statement we have always adhered to in my family.

again, i apreciate all the support, and comments here

[nthfinity]

wtf 1/3rd cut? Djeezes, insane!
Here you get a lawyer from the insurance company, doesn't cost you anything. Well 15€ a year extra on the insurance, but that's nothing.
You even get a lawyer for traffic violations if you have the extra insurance.

unfortunately, there are some complications that dont make it that easy

[Vansquish]

Sorry to hear the news nthfinity, I hope your bro makes a speedy recovery and I'm really glad to hear that your family is of the same sort of safety-minded awareness that all too many people aren't. Best wishes to you and your family...hope you get the jerk who caused the accident for all he's worth.

[nthfinity]

ok, what we hope is the last surgery starts tomarrow evening.

there is no longer any infection, and there have been sponges inserted into the 'open' wound, along with a vacuume pump to remove the fluids (sorry, im not much for biology, so i dont know what its called)

the surgery tomarrow involves removing one half of his right calf muscle, and wraping it around to the shin to replace the damaged, and strep-caused deterioration.

also a 6"^2 skin graft from either his stomach, or arse.... then placing it where the strep infection ate away at and stapling it together.

if all goes as well as this week has, then he should be coming home mid, to late next week.

it is expected that there will be 2-3 months recovery time needed before he can start going back to work.


one final thing, michigan has an interesting law in the no-fault law involving motorcycles... they arent concidered motor vehicles... most insurance companies, as well as lawyers dont know this.

[nthfinity]

everything is taking quite well! :)
he finally came home yesterday afternoon. we are all quite relieved

[TT]

Nice to see your family can finally smile and have him back at home!

[topgeartom]

glad to hear everything is going to plan.

[RC45]

Good luck and hope everything stays on track towards full recovery.

one final thing, michigan has an interesting law in the no-fault law involving motorcycles... they arent concidered motor vehicles... most insurance companies, as well as lawyers dont know this.

Interesting - does this have positve or negative outcome on the legal process for you guys?

[nthfinity]

Good luck and hope everything stays on track towards full recovery.

nthfinity wrote:
one final thing, michigan has an interesting law in the no-fault law involving motorcycles... they arent concidered motor vehicles... most insurance companies, as well as lawyers dont know this.


Interesting - does this have positve or negative outcome on the legal process for you guys?

just think of it this way... a motorcycle is actually no different then a bicycle. this is a saving grace in our unique situation. so definately a positive

[jamberl]

Sorry to hear about your bro, its unfortunate that retard drivers make the road unsafe for good riders.

My cousin had an accident on his bike too, it has kind of put me off the concept of a motorbike!

Just one question though- what is the idea behind the legal action? I dont know much about this area, I just assumed that accidents, liability, etc was covered under automotive 'road rules'/insurance company policy. What are you aiming to achieve? Just curious, thats all.

[e46drew]

hellow, I'm doing kinda good now, I'm nthfinity's brother, here are current pics of my leg, dont hesitate to ask questions :mrgreen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/e46drew/DSCF0042.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/e46drew/DSCF0041.jpg

[ZfrkS62]

Just now saw this thread. Glad to see you're mainly intact Drew. Seeing these pics has made me decide to buy the saftey gear first before i go bike shopping.

Good thing you had yours on. and probably better thing you came to rest in the grass instead of on the pavement. a longer slide on the concrete could have made things much worse :(

hope the remaining recovery time goes by quickly for you. :D

[stradale]

I remember this thread very well and knew you are nthfinity's brother, but hadn't put two and two together...

It looks pretty nasty, Drew. It's good to hear you're doind fine under the circumstances. Does it still hurt? Does it trouble you while walking?

[findleybeast]

talk about a battlescar. Where did they take the new skin from? Hope you heal up nice and well

[antonioledesma]

:shock: at last another update on your condition. your bro didn't tell us from you for a while.

that's a nasty scar, sure chicks will be impressed :wink:

btw, what happened with the legal battle? courts? lawyers?
did the fuck up is gonna pay or what?

it's good to see you showing your wounds, that's an excellent sign

[e46drew]

thers no x-rays for you, actually there were no broken bones, just :? had the flesh torn off :o down to the bone ( when I sat up at the sean, my leg hurt but I thaught it was just a bad road rash, until I saw bone showing, then yelled to the driver of the truck to call 911, when I was tumbling through the ditch I was thinking well I hape the bike is ok, and can still ride it hame :shock: )

so far I can walk just about normal, but running is well out of the question,
the skin graph came from my same leg above the knee, and I have no fealing from the top of the scar to my anckle

the gear was amazing helmet/gloves/jacket did its job :D

[Z28]

e46drew--seems like you are on the road to a good recovery. How has your outlook on riding changed?

[jon_s]

That is freaky!

I was just thinking about this thread today!!! :shock:

Glad to see that things are looking a bit better than before!

[e46drew]

I will be riding again. allready have, for work http://ccsport.com/

There is a legal action pending. hopefully I will need car buying advice
in the spring.

my wife wants fenders around me, I like to go fast, so I'll compramise :D :D

///M3

355 GTS

911 GT3

new ZO6

not sure yet. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[findleybeast]

^ decisions decisions

a pair of riding pants would be a good investment too it looks like. glad the rest of the gear worked so well

[ZfrkS62]

i can help you out with one letter, Drew : ///M :mrgreen:

[DR.GONZO]

ewwww, That's a good thing! Glad your ok! :D It will heal! New c6z06 Btw! :D

[saadie]

glad to know yer gettin better !!
and add a diablo in the list ... expecive but worth it ... and till that time .. u'll be perfectly OK :lol: :P :wink: :mrgreen:

[ikon2003]

Dang, that's one heck of a cocktail story you have there.

Glad you seem to be doing better.