Posted on 01/13/2012 5:19:16 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Actor Gene Hackman, 81, was airlifted to the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami on Friday after a car struck the bicycle he was riding in Islamorada, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Hackman was heading southbound near the 88 mile marker on the Old Highway around 3 p.m. when struck from behind by the right front fender of a 2007 Toyota Tundra driven by Kathryn Rodriguez, 60, or Islamorada, FHP Sergeant Thomas E. Pikul said.
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Fishing Capital of the World. This time of year the have the Big Bonefish Tournament normally hosted by G H W Bush. Often see the whole Bush Clan there. God Speed Gene Hackman. Ilamorada a slice of heaven in the Keys !
So you get to determine need and what vehicles other people can own. Who do you think you are, Obama?
That doesn’t make it a Tundra, though. (Thought it was a Highlander, but that’s a Sequoia.) Different vehicles - the Tundra has a stick axle rear, for starters, while the Seq has an independent rear suspension and the major frame changes to use it. The Seq is also much heavier than an unladen Tundra.
Bender you are bad
Love Unforgiven quote LOL!
He is okay
When I first hear about accident I went to TMZ.com first
The Sequoia he posted is built off a Tundra frame to start but the frame is very different from about the midpoint back to accomodate the independent rear suspension it has than the Tundra doesn’t. Not exactly the same vehicle at all.
Saw that movie on my very first date with my now DH. Great movie. Great memories!
Actor Gene Hackman was hit by a car while riding his bike in Islamorada on Friday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The 81-year-old actor was biking at mile marker 88.7, along the “Old Road” when he was injured.
Because of the remote location of the incident, Hackman was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, said publicist Susan Madore. Hackman was released after a few hours with “very minor bumps and bruises,” Madore said.
The Oscar-winning Hackman, who appeared in Hoosiers, The French Connection and Poseidon Adventure, regularly goes fishing with former UM and Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson in Islamorada, where both men own homes
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/13/2588467/actor-gene-hackman-hit-by-car.html#storylink=cpy
I’ve counted only 8 replies taking you to task for your idiotic reply. That’s not enouugh.
You are a moron.
There. That’s 9. And counting....
LOL!
There is no highway there just US 1 and the speed limit in town is 45
Come back! I was gonna make espresso!!!
Islam-orada???? Hey, get well Gene. Loved your movies esp. Moosport and Hoosiers.
JJ’s boat is called the Three Rings, looks like about a 48 ft Bertram or Hatteras
Good news about Hackman injuries being minor, he doesn’t deserve to go out that way
I was there 54 years ago, I imagine it has built up a bit since then.
Mr Hackman was injured by the hardware of a Toyota Tundra platform, regardless if it was cutely decorated as a pickup truck or an SUV.
“Wait, I was making espresso!”
Great minds, etc.,etc.
Little Bill from Unforgiven
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