One of our own seriously injured

[Nate Dawg]

Ben aka. Neverlost was seriously injured in a downhill MT. biking accident this past Mon. He and fellow friends went down to NJ to do some downhilling in a park called Diablo. Ben has yrs of experience riding, but nothing could prepare him for his accident. He was riding a trail he'd done many times before, but on mon the surface and lip of the tap top jump had been resurfaced.
Ben hit the jump like he usually does,but this time he was caring to much speed and over shot the landing. By alot!!! He landed about 30 feet past it on the flat bottom. The jump tossed him forward off his bike, and he landed on his left side. He woke up choking on blood. Luckily some other riders stopped and helped.
He's in a hospitol in NJ. Recovering after 5 hrs of surgery yesterday.
Here are his injuries
broken collar bone in 3 places, shattered elbow, 3 broken ribs, a broken hip in 3 places, and sever bruised spine.

I hope we can all keep him in our thoughts. He is gonna have a very long recovery...

thanks for keeping him in your thoughts and prayers

[imkindafkedup]

ouch!! Can you tell us more about Ben, any family/kids? Maybe an NESR drunkathon is in order to help out with the expenses of such an accident.

Cheers to a quickest recovery possible

[butcher bergs]

Dayum!

Sending energy toward a speedy and full recovery.

[slammp]

VERY sorry to hear about this. Wish him well for all of us!

["Dangerous" Dan K]

That sucks. I'll keep him in my thoughts, and hope for a speedy and full recovery.

[Tigger]

Will keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

[sveesix]

[SVRACER01]

Yikes!

[DucDave]

Cheesh....best wishes on a speedy recovery.

[ducster]

Ouch, I hope he recovers quickly.

[scubasteveRR]

Maybe an NESR drunkathon is in order to help out with the expenses of such an accident.

never a bad idea to get people together for a good cause. to a quick and full recovery.

[Chippertheripper]

yowza. hope he heals up well.

[idratherberidin]

wishing you a fast recovery!

[CMG241]

how old?

[obsolete]

Damn! Hope you heal up quick!

[snwbrdr435]

Heal up quick nothing worse then missing your landing.

[DesmoTull]

Ouch! Keep us updated.

[KillBill]

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Keeping Ben in my thoughts.....heal up fast buddy.

+1 on the drunkathon....good idea Mike

[FireboltEric_MA]

Oh Man! Not good. Speedy recovery to him!

[LaRNZ]

sorry to here, get well soon doode

[csmutty]

Shit...thoughts and prayers out to him and his family.

[bmrider]

Wishing him a speedy recovery...

[customfighterer]

jesus man! prayers for ya! heal up quick!

[MissTwisties]

Here's hoping for a quick recovery and to see him post in here again, very soon...

[Nate Dawg]

Ben is 28, works as a contractor for the gov. He works on nuclear sub computer hardware. I don't think he's done any drunkathons. He lives in Wakefield RI. He and I have ridden to gether for the last few yrs. I know hes done quite a few trackdays with BOMO.
From what the doc has said. He will be in a wheel chair for the next few weeks or month, and will most likely walk with a cane or a sever limp the rest of his life.