Norcal peeps: a rider needs your help.

[Trek420]

Up date is on the website - there were police at the scene, and it apparently wasn't a hit & run.
Mr. Shortle’s collision did not involve a vehicle and was not a hit-and-run. An independent witness described that Mr. Shortle struck a curb and fell from his bicycle alone, and was the only party in the collision.

Still, hope the gentleman recovers quickly from his accident. Bike crashes hurt, no matter how you get them.

Thanks for the update! Can you tell me where you saw that? I checked the blog and don't see it. In the comments?

Anyway I am reminded of the TE ride when Cindysue struck a speedbump at the wrong angle, fell, got scraped up yet led the ride.

We found out afterward she broke her collarbone

Tough gal!

[Trek420]

Can someone explain 'blazing saddles?' Is this some kind of tourist rent-a-bike thing?

Yep!

[TsPoet]

The "update" is in the middle of the blog indicates the police talked to him in the back of the ambulance - but the blog also says
after being transported by paramedics to ICU Emergency, in a metropolis such as San Francisco, unconscious, with broken bones
and later
According to James Whelan, his husband, Patrick Shortle, a San Francisco resident was struck by a motor vehicle on the the Golden Gate Bridge, near the gift store after completing a training session for the San Francisco to Los Angeles Fundraising AIDS ride.

The vehicle did not stop, a stranger called 911 and the unconscious and seriously injured Shortle was rushed to San Francisco General Emergency with not a single authority recording the event.

So, did the police interrogate an unconscious man and decide he wrecked his bike all by himself? Did Whelan see the accident? Did the person who called 911? This seems fishy to me.

[bmccasland]

my take was the up-date was the beginning italisized text - and after that it was the earlier article (granted I didn't see it), using italics for emphasis. End result - a confusing piece of journalism that needs an editor.

[Trek420]

End result - a confusing piece of journalism that needs an editor.

That's for sure! sure hope mine's written more clearly

I'm checking with a person on ALC staff and a TRL to see if I can find out more. Thanks TE peeps. Let's not randomly pull over Norcal drivers with front end car damage yet