RE: [ST] Deer encounter inJune

["Alex Hendry" <alex_hendry@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

God bless and speedy recovery


alex...



 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob
 > Nixon
 > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:34 AM
 > To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 > Subject: [ST] Deer encounter inJune
 >
 >
 > The short story is that a deer broadsided  me in June and
 > I've been in the
 > hospital since.
 > Scenario: While  negotiating a 20 MPH marked downhill left at
 > around 40 a
 > small deer ran across from the other lane a pushed me into
 > the wall. The
 > road was Historic Apache Trail (az88) just East of Mesa
 > Arizona, which is
 > East of Phoenix. Unfortunately The deer died instantly.
 >
 >
 > Not to over dramatize but with 27 fractures this one could
 > have easily had
 > me pushing daiseys as sitting here typing this. Injuries from
 > the head down:
 >
 >  Fractured Jaw both vert & horiz, Left forarm badly broken,
 > initially shock
 > caused mile a mild heart attack,rquiring defibulation. trake
 > due to shin
 > strap intering jaw up chooking.various mild rib fractures. Both
 > Femors broken, requiring full length rods
 > through the bones. Finally the worst: my lower right ankle smashed and
 > attempted to be put back together, with troubling infection.
 >


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