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Posted on 06/12/2006 9:40:00 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
pdate: The Steelers have confirmed that Ben Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident on Monday, KDKA-TV reports.
Update: Reports from the scene seem to indicate that the accident was serious. According to an eyewitness, Roethlisberger went over his handle bars and hit his head on the windshield of a car. He was not wearing a helmet. The eyewitness reports that Roethlisberger tried to get up, but was bleeding from the head. We'll update the situation as further details become available.
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PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured in a motorcycle accident on Monday morning.
The Steelers confirmed the accident for WTAE Channel 4 Action News.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said the accident happened on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge.
A witness told Channel 4 Action News that Roethlisberger went over the handlebars, hit the windshield of another vehicle and then hit the ground.
Roethlisberger was not wearing a helmet, according to the Tribune-Review.
Police have closed down the bridge, Second Avenue and the Armstrong Tunnels.
Roethlisberger was taken to Mercy Hospital. There is no word on the extent of his injuries.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/sports/9356067/detail.html
Wow you're the first of three posts in a row!!!!
From descriptions, this sounds very bad, with "lots of blood" coming from a head wound.
Pittsburgh has some of the best health care facilities in the world. He is young and strong. I wish him the best.
I am thinking a good thought for him.
Video from one of the PGH tv stations:
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/5839843/index.html
GO STEELERS!
There's a reason that all the dinosaurs without helmets died out.
I have a friend who used to wear a half helmet with a "Helmet laws suck" sticker on the back. After an accident and a 3 month hospital stay he decided that full face helmets weren't so bad. As it is he would have likely died without the half helmet.
Head injuries bleed a lot, but it doesn't mean a damn thing.
ESPN is reporting that the injuries aren't life threatening.
As a bike rider myself, any person who rides a motorcycle without a helmet is a moron.
And I admit, I sometimes ride without one. So I'm a part-time moron.
Head wounds always bleed profusely.
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