a couple of weeks back i posted my joy at converting someone to a bike commuter. i learned today that this person was hit by a car on the way home from work Friday. he is ok, just some serious leg damage.
i asked how it happened and was told it happened close to work while riding on a section of sidewalk where someone was pulling out not looking at the sidewalk but at the road. going forward he is going to stay off the sidewalk and instead ride thru a number of subdivisions to get here even it is a little longer mileage wise
the driver was ticketed and what's weird is that 2 hours prior to his accident there was another biker hit by a car at the exact same spot.