RL
2006-08-04 16:25:22 UTC
On June 10th, at approx. 9:30 PM, Donnie (our club's Sgt. at Arms) was
riding to work on a busy highway, when he hit a deer. He braked, he swerved
and no matter what he did, he said that crazy doe just kept coming at him
until they finally met. He said he stayed with the bike until it high-sided
him and he ended up under the Harley, in the barditch. Somehow, with a
busted hand, broken clavicle and other various and numerous injuries, he
managed to push the bike off himself and stagger to the side of the road.
A pickup with some teenagers had witnessed the accident. They called 911,
helped him into the bed of the truck and the teenage girl stayed with him
until Dr. Vardag, who was one vehicle behind, stopped to assist. She
stabilized him and stayed until Careflight took our friend to an Abilene
hospital, where after surgery and a week of recuperation, he was sent home
to mend. It will still be a while before he can ride again but ride, he
will.
Dr. Vardag, who had transferred from Mt. Sinai Hospital, to the hospital in
Breckenridge, Texas, was an extremely competent doctor and a very caring
person. She had just accepted a job in south Texas and was on her way
there, less than 2 weeks after having helped Donnie. Traveling the same
road that Donnie had his deer accident on, Dr. Vardag's car was found
overturned, after having run off the road and flipping several times. She
died at the scene, that afternoon. The cause? A deer.
--
Sunny Williams
sunny will at tx vets period org
IRPK, ISRA #7123, Deerslayers
Director/Webmaster for
Texas Veterans Assoc., Chapter 3
http://www.txvets.org/
"... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place
shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor
defeat."
~Teddy Roosevelt
riding to work on a busy highway, when he hit a deer. He braked, he swerved
and no matter what he did, he said that crazy doe just kept coming at him
until they finally met. He said he stayed with the bike until it high-sided
him and he ended up under the Harley, in the barditch. Somehow, with a
busted hand, broken clavicle and other various and numerous injuries, he
managed to push the bike off himself and stagger to the side of the road.
A pickup with some teenagers had witnessed the accident. They called 911,
helped him into the bed of the truck and the teenage girl stayed with him
until Dr. Vardag, who was one vehicle behind, stopped to assist. She
stabilized him and stayed until Careflight took our friend to an Abilene
hospital, where after surgery and a week of recuperation, he was sent home
to mend. It will still be a while before he can ride again but ride, he
will.
Dr. Vardag, who had transferred from Mt. Sinai Hospital, to the hospital in
Breckenridge, Texas, was an extremely competent doctor and a very caring
person. She had just accepted a job in south Texas and was on her way
there, less than 2 weeks after having helped Donnie. Traveling the same
road that Donnie had his deer accident on, Dr. Vardag's car was found
overturned, after having run off the road and flipping several times. She
died at the scene, that afternoon. The cause? A deer.
--
Sunny Williams
sunny will at tx vets period org
IRPK, ISRA #7123, Deerslayers
Director/Webmaster for
Texas Veterans Assoc., Chapter 3
http://www.txvets.org/
"... if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place
shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor
defeat."
~Teddy Roosevelt