Originally Posted by HardyWeinberg

Left-hooked; I was bombing down a straightaway >20mph in the bike lane, I looked up and could see nothing but car. Not even time to touch my brakes. Next thing I know I'm on my back in the road w/ a bunch of people standing around blocking traffic (thankfully). I got put on a backboard w/ a cervical collar and ambulanced to the ER. In the end nothing but road rash (I hope) but my lower back is a mess, it got some kind of accordioned. x-rays all negative (I was mostly worried about my collar bone). And now I'm home.

A couple hrs into the vicodin I can put the weight of my head and chest onto the lower back but I don't know how long that will last.

Bike is damaged but I don't know how much; firemen took it back to the station, my wife is off to get it and bring it to my fave LBS. Worst case since I t-boned a car at essentially top speed is I guess bending the headtube and downtube back, which would be a bummer 'cause the frame is not being made any more so no replacing it if needed. Hope I don't have to.

The woman I hit got a failure-to-yield ticket w/ a supplement for causing an accident. I don't know if there were any witnesses (nobody gave me any info) so I hope I left a nice dent in an incriminating location. I heard her telling people she hit me in the middle of the street like I weaved out of nowhere so I assume it was apparent somehow or other that I didn't.