Lousy luck, Frank! Hope you spot the truck again and stealthily get the tag number.
Jack --- On Wed, 12/15/10, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > From: frank theriault <[email protected]> > Subject: OT - Another bad break for a cyclist > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 4:20 AM > Typing real slow as my left hand's in > a splint with my middle fingers > taped together. Broke a bone in my hand after a > driver attacked me > and threw me down on my bike (bent my seatpost as > well!). Should be > better in about a month - not a bad break, no surgery > needed thank > god. > > He cuts me off, I yell at him that I had right of way, he > gets out of > truck, grabs me (while I'm walking away with both hands on > handlebars > and 25 pounds in my backpack so I'm defenceless) and throws > me to > ground. I try to get plate number so he pushes me to > ground again and > drives away. > > He couldn't be traced so cops can't do a thing. I may > have a claim > against the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. > > Incident happened Friday, went to hospital Sunday and > yesterday got > temporary cast off and got fitted for splint. > > Still working, with a Metropass, riding transit and > walking. > > Can ride again next Monday. > > Taking camera with me to work now, so that's a good thing! > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
