Cyclist OK After Truck Runs Over Head

[Kor37 9]

Cyclist OK After Truck Runs Over Head

AP

MADISON, Wis. (May 14) - A delivery truck ran over a cyclist's head, leaving him only with a concussion and a mangled helmet. Ryan Lipscomb, 26, was shaken up, especially after he saw the condition of his helmet.

 

"I didn't see it coming, but I sure felt it roll over my head," he said. "It feels really strange to have a truck run over your head."

 

Lipscomb, a graduate student in medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was riding swiftly down a bike path in Madison Friday afternoon. As he approached an intersection where he said he had a green light, he noticed the truck preparing to make a right turn in front of him.

 

The truck wasn't going to stop, Lipscomb said, so he slammed on his brakes, flipping his bike and landing in the street.

 

A moment later the truck rolled over his head - and kept going.

 

His black Giro helmet was flattened, tread marks visible on the cracked frame.

 

Lipscomb was taken to the hospital and released about three hours later.

 

"I'm OK except for a concussion," he said Friday night.

 

Police initially declined to call the incident a hit-and-run, saying it was unclear whether the driver knew someone had been hit. But Sgt. Bernie Gonzalez later updated the accident report to include the designation.

 

Lipscomb said he was already in the street as the truck was turning.

 

"The truck driver definitely would have known," he said. "You know when you run over a curb and my head was definitely higher than a curb."

 

A message left for police spokesman Mike Hanson was not immediately returned Sunday.

 

Wow.....this guy is incredibly lucky!

[jadziaezri 0]

omg, i can't believe it!!

[KIMIMELA 1]

Did you see that news report for a guy trapped in a car with a huge lorry over him and he gets out and starts walking after? That was freaky...

[Gummy 0]

A good helmet is worth every penny that you pay for it.

And if you're riding without one, then you need your head examined.

[Angela 1]

A good helmet is worth every penny that you pay for it.

And if you're riding without one, then you need your head examined.

Which I am pretty sure that a truck running over your head will allow any passerby to do!!!

 

Sorry had to go there.

[Gummy 0]

A good helmet is worth every penny that you pay for it.

And if you're riding without one, then you need your head examined.

Which I am pretty sure that a truck running over your head will allow any passerby to do!!!

 

Sorry had to go there.

If you didn't, I would have.

Are we demented or what?

[Angela 1]

Demented... well of course, hello I come from the land of Monty Python and 'Always look on the bright side of life'

 

And if you want really demented I plan on having that song and Queens 'Another one Bites the Dust played at my funeral'

[Gummy 0]

Demented... well of course, hello I come from the land of Monty Python and 'Always look on the bright side of life'

 

And if you want really demented I plan on having that song and Queens 'Another one Bites the Dust played at my funeral'

I want "Enter Sandman" by Metallica played at my funeral. It's one of my favorites and my kids would get a good chuckle out of it. Hey, gotta brighten the mood somehow.

[Angela 1]

I want people to LAUGH at mine. I want them to go, yup that right there was her sense of music and her sense of humour. Mind you Always look on the ... was a song at my school leavers disco when I was 10. All the girls joined in a massive group hug and cried (including me) Ever seen a 45 person group hug of little girls crying???

[MrPsychic 1]

Who knows, maybe the guy can turn this little mishap into a circus freak show attraction.

 

"Step Right UP! See the cement head bicyclist!"

[Gummy 0]

I want people to LAUGH at mine. I want them to go, yup that right there was her sense of music and her sense of humour. Mind you Always look on the ... was a song at my school leavers disco when I was 10. All the girls joined in a massive group hug and cried (including me) Ever seen a 45 person group hug of little girls crying???

Actually, I did. And it's not something that I like to think about.

It was at a child's funeral. It was one of the saddest things that I had ever seen.

Sorry, I'll stick to topic.

[Angela 1]

Awww I am sorry to dredge up bad memories. I can imagine that that was very difficult for you as a parent to see. 45 kids at a freaking disco crying would have been better.

[Gummy 0]

Awww I am sorry to dredge up bad memories. I can imagine that that was very difficult for you as a parent to see. 45 kids at a freaking disco crying would have been better.

Try 100 adults drunk and crying at a disco.

I've seen that too. I was one of them.

The music was making me cry.

I hate Disco. I'm a Metalhead myself.

[Kor37 9]

Disco......the dark years of the 1970s that nobody likes to talk about.......

[Odie 0]

At least for me I was to young to remember the 70's.