just got the lowdown on my brother's accident.

[scottobear]

The cop was pursuing a guy making an illegal turn, didn't see my brother on his bike. Nailed him, brother rolled over the hood of the car and then landed pile-driver style on the other end of the car, and blacked out. EMTs showed up, gave him a once over, and Accident control came and took pictures of the accident site. The cop is claiming he was at a full stop, and wrote bro a $80 ticket for "irresponsible use of sidewalk"... Brother's been to a lawyer, and between the photos, witnesses and other evidence there's a solid case for dropping the ticket and paying for his hospital bills. The cop's going to burn... and I say flame on. not excessively, just enough to pay his due.

Tonight, he started having trouble breathing and was throwing up... he's going to the emergency room as we speak. I think he will be ok... I reinforced a number of times for him to bring my phone number and information, so that if he needs me, he can reach me. (He didn't want me grabbing a cab and joining him. He's going to sit tight, fill out forms, and chill.) The EMTs didn't feel he had a concussion, thank goodness. I'm he's getting additional treatment... as his regular doctor made him wait yesterday for an hour before saying "we don't do accidents"... um... what's that mean? only self-inflicted, deliberate wounds?

So... we'll see where this goes.

Comments

[celstar59.livejournal.com]

oh man.. that really sucks! how old is your brother?

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

He's 29.

[dorkgirl.livejournal.com]

Ooooh....stories like this of crooked law enforcement officers really burn my butt. I hope everything is all right with your brother, and that things work out well for him, and that the jerk who hit him has to pay dearly for his negligence and dishonesty.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

same here... thanks for your thoughts. :)

Re: "We Don't Do Accidents?"

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's getting a new one. I think what he really meant was "we don't do traffic things" for some reason.

[shoo.livejournal.com]

OH NO!

I hope he is alright. Internal damage is very easy to have after something like that.

please keep us posted Scott...=(

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

well... he went to the ER, and they patched him up, and gave him a looking-over. I think he'll be ok... official doc trip on wed.

thanks for your good thoughts.