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Sorry about the title -- it's late and I really have no idea what else to call it.
I just got off the phone with Jeff (fellow NESR member cras4u), who's apparently been in an motorcycle accident. He's just woken up from surgery/anaesthetic/whatever -- I guess he had been riding on River St. in Peabody/Danvers by Richardson's when he rounded a bend and found an oncoming van in his lane.
He seemed relatively in good shape, at least in decent spirits (though that might've just been the painkillers) -- said he hit the van pretty much head-on, and got spun off the bike. His knee was fractured and he dislocated his shoulder. He said his bike didn't look too bad, but his gear was pretty knackered (jacket was ok, helmet = totally fucked), but whatever, that stuff is considerably more replaceable than he is. He's a good kid with lots of enthusiasm.
At any rate, I thought I'd post and just ask that people keep him in your thoughts (or if you're religious, do whatever you do) and remind everyone to be super, extra careful. He's incredibly lucky, so he might've used up all the luck for NESR members -- you don't get too many close calls or situations like this (about as ideal a serious crash as can be had).
I'll try and post more info when I hear it, I'm hoping to go visit him at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston over the weekend sometime -- I'm sure anyone else is welcome to tag along, just PM me if you need to.
Alright, well, time to go back to bed. Take care, all.
~Spicy