Hi C&V friends:

I have gotten in the habit of doing a 8 Mi ride in the morning before heading into work. I find it beneficial physically as it is my only form of exercise and mentally prepares me for a demanding job. My path avoids cars and their danger to cyclist. It is a combination of sidewalks, pedestrian overpasses, through a deserted mall and onto an official bike path. The round trip is about 8.5 mile and my average speed has been steadily improving to 14MPH.
Last Tuesday morning at 6:45 am the unthinkable to me happened. As I am slowing down to take a blind turn and sticking to my extreme right side of the path, a younger cyclist suddenly shows up on my side of the path. I was probably doing 8MPH and so was he. For a minute it looked that everything was going to be fine. The younger cyclist started to move to his right giving me a false sense of safety. However in a split second he lost control of his bike and his rear end slid into my side of the path.
My front tire contacted something on his bike and off I went over the handlebars and onto the gravel by the side of the road. Luckily I was just bruised. No broken bones.
We were both fine but shaken. I was happy that I was still able to walk. I had a few scrapes. My left shoulder got the worst of it. It was and still is sore and scraped.
His bike suffered from a deflated tire, most likely from hitting the opposite guardrail.
He blamed the loss of control on his heavy panniers on the back of his bike. He was riding aluminum Cannondale but his bike appears mostly unscathed by the accident.
The same can’t be said for my 1991 Mississippi Schwinn Traveler. What was a beautiful bike became a heap of twisted aluminum and steel. I had to walk home 2 Mi with my broken bike.
Here are the before and after pictures.

I seek your collective wisdom is what to do with the bike. I hate to toss it. The frame seems fine. The wheel is bent but that is easy to replace. The fork is pushed back an inch or so. It is a 25” frame which I find very comfortable for my long legs.
My replacement choices for the fork don’t appear great and hence I seek your help and advise. Should I attempt to straighten it. I don’t have any special fork tools so what I have to do will involve a vise and blocks of wood. I have decided to not do anything till I hear you guys and gals out.
Thanks for your advise in advance.