Bicycle Accident: Doored Big-Time
9 April 2007 | Bicycle Accidents, Early Evening, Moderate, Small Car, 16-25, Female | No Comments
Street: 17th Street
Cross Street: Valencia
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-02-24
Time: early evening
Severity: moderate
Driver’s Vehicle: small car
Driver’s Age: 25
Driver’s Gender: Female
Description: i got DOORED big-time. This woman kicked her door open hard as i’m hauling up 17th home from work. no response time, no brakes, just a full chest plant into the doorframe. Got a gnarly puncture wound just below the clavicle, missing a collapsed lung by a few cm. 10 stitches to the chest, plus a broken finger. Seven hours at SF General. $208 in bike damage.
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