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It was such a nice day yesterday that I rode to work. On the way home I was traveling down Rt 111 in Hudson and came across a motorcycle / car accident. It happened only moments before I arrived. There was a guy laying face down in the middle of the road and his bike was about 40 yards away in a ditch and his helmet was laying on the side of the road. Not sure if he was wearing it or not. The guy was trying to get up, but due to his severe injuryies he was unable. People were pulling off the road and starting to block traffic. I parked my bike grabed a rag from by bike and went to the guy to see if I could help. There was a woman (nurse)kneeling beside him and trying to control the bleeding. I gave her the rag to put over the head wound and I knelt down next to the guy and started to talk to him. I tried to reassure him that he would be ok, that help was on the way, and that he needed to lay still and not move. I needed to reposition myself a couple of times to stay away from the pools of blood coming from his face and head. The guys leg was severly twisted and had to have multiple breaks in it. His ankle was a mess, looked like it was almost twisted off. I sayed and tried to calm and reassure the man until the ambulance arrived and took over. For some unknown reason, I did not want to leave until I saw the man put into the ambulance, so I stayed. Later the cop told me that the reason I stayed was for "closure". ( sounds reasonable ) I must say, it was errie getting on my motorcyle and riding home.
Something I learned formm this experience was that I need to get some real serious riding gear. I believe that if the guy had proper riding gear, his injuries would not have been as severe.
So, take a minute and think about what your are wearing next time you get on your bike. I certainly will........
I was comforted in the fact that I was able to play a small part in assisting a fellow motorcycle rider in his time of need.