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[Bill]

Fun!

Just witnessed a guy get hit by a lady while he was riding his bicycle. He flew through the air and landed on his back. Cops and paramedics are everywhere. I think the guy is gonna live, they took him out of here very quickly.

[Bill]

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Here is the intersection. They guy is at the hospital, and I am 1 of 2 witnesses that say it happen. Maybe I will get to goto court or something.

[SkiBachelor]

I guess you could say that's an easy way to make some money since AMB Tools will still have to pay you while you are a witness. I know companies have to do that for employees that are on jury duty, but then maybe it could be different for being a witness?

[iceberg210]

Where in the Seattle metropolian area was it?

[SkiBachelor]

Right across the street from AMB Tools in Tacoma. (I can see the AMB Tools sign in the picture.)

[Boeinglover]

Oh, I don't live there.

[ODDfreakPERSON]

I saw almost the same thing happen a few years ago, a drunk driver hit a guy on a bike and he flew over the car and landed on his back while the drunk driver drove home with a smashed windshield. The guy ended up being fine but the driver lost his license.

[SkiBachelor]

I saw something like this about a month or so ago. However, it wasn't the drivers fault, but rather the biker. She was with a group of friends and they were ahead of her and decided to wait on the other side of the road. Instead of looking before she corssed the road, I guess she figured she had the right away or thought that there was a stop sign at that intersection. Anyway, the car hits her and she spins around and lands on her side. She also wasn't wearing a helment and could have been killed if the car hit her in the front and ran over her.

[floridaskier]

I almost had an experience like this when I was 8. We were in Tampa, evacuated from Hurricane Floyd in September 1998 (which just missed Florida, turning up the coast and throwing it's Category 5 winds onto South Carolina instead). We had gotten tickets from my parents' office to a Devil Rays (baseball) game, and after the game, we were walking to a parking lot across the street when a pink bus (called the Jolly Trolley) ran a red light and missed my brother, 5 or so at the time by about three feet. By a stroke of good luck, a police officer saw the whole thing pulled the obviously drunk bus driver over a block ahead

[poloxskier]

I have seen alot of these especially in fort collins. There are alot of people up here that dont follow traffic laws when on bikes and as a result there are alot of bike vs car accidents.