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Face surgery for cyclist after freak (kanga) roo mishap
The Courier Mail ^
| 3.6.03
Posted on 03/06/2003 7:43:06 PM PST by mhking
Face surgery for cyclist after freak roo mishap
07mar03
A ROCKHAMPTON cyclist will undergo extensive facial reconstruction after a kangaroo ricocheted off a car and struck him.
Earl Teichmann was riding with a group of nine cyclists on Wednesday night when the roo bounced off the car, which was travelling at 100km/h, and across the road into the cyclists, striking Mr Teichmann.
The impact snapped the 36-year-old cyclist's bike frame and he fell face first on to the bitumen.
He sustained multiple fractures to the bones in his face, a broken jaw, a broken nose, a gash above his left eye and one corner of his lip was torn to his chin. The kangaroo died on impact.
The young male driver of the Corolla and his female passenger were not injured.
Mr Teichmann's wife, Connie, 34, yesterday drove to Brisbane to meet her husband at the hospital.
"Earl will be back on the bike once the doctors say he's able to," she said.
Cycling Queensland Rockhampton organiser Ian Jennings described the incident as a freak accident.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fellonthebitumen; kangaroocorpse; roorage
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posted on
03/06/2003 7:43:06 PM PST
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....
If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
03/06/2003 7:43:54 PM PST
by
mhking
(Mr. Chekov, target that explosion and fire!)
To: mhking
"Tie me kangaroo down, sport. . . ."
To: mhking
There ougtha be a law (or at least a song) advocating that all kangaroos be tied down....mate. ;o)
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posted on
03/06/2003 7:52:38 PM PST
by
mr.pink
To: mhking
The impact snapped the 36-year-old cyclist's bike frame and he fell face first on to the bitumen. Ick. (Otherwise known as "road rash" here in Murica).
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posted on
03/06/2003 7:54:42 PM PST
by
strela
("Stop singing and finish your homework!")
To: mhking
Isn't it weird they give his wife's age? Is it just so we know some old lady isn't going to be taking care of him, or some teeny-bopper who would get bored and resentful with an invalid in the house? Or are they both suspects or something?
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posted on
03/06/2003 8:13:13 PM PST
by
Timm
To: esoteric
*ping*
Don't try this at home...
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posted on
03/06/2003 8:46:07 PM PST
by
TaxRelief
To: mhking
ummm, er... "boing"?
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posted on
03/06/2003 9:45:34 PM PST
by
demosthenes the elder
(scum will never cease to be scum - why must that be explained to anyone?)
To: Charles Henrickson
Before it was just a stupid song, but now it really makes sense...
To: Charles Henrickson
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" by Rolf Harris
First Charted on June 1963
on the charts for 9 weeks, topped out at #3
To: mhking
How would you like to have to explain missing work with this story?
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posted on
03/07/2003 4:17:59 AM PST
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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