Haven't been on in awhile - Got that Dreaded Phone Call!

[coolpool]

"How soon can you be at the hospital?" Rewind 10 mins; I just got home from work after being detoured off the main highway due to what appeared to be a bad accident a 1/4 mile ahead. I told my wife about it and for some reason she said "that better not be Sam" (our 17 yr old son). After receiving the call we rushed to the hospital thinking he smashed up his truck. Turns out he and his friend decided to ride double on his friends new Ninja crotch rocket. Seems that the boys decided to go for a ride against both of us parents wishes due to the other boys inexperience (1 month on a street bike). The details are still under investigation but it appears that the bike hit the right rear corner of a stopped pick up at 55-60 mph. Both boys were air lifted to Edmonton 3 hours away. The driver flew 25' from the impact and ended up with 7 hours of surgery on a broken femur, broken thumb, partial paralysis on his left arm and some (hopefully) temporary brain damage. My son flew 65' and ended up under a parked F350 that they had to jack up to get him out. He had 3 hours of surgery on a broken femur. That's it except for minor bruising. Luckily both boys were wearing Snell helmets and Kevlar jackets. This could have turned out sooo much worse. We are home now but the other boy will be in rehab for up to 9 months. I seen a picture of the Ram 1500 4x4 that the boys hit and the right rear box is destroyed, the axle got shoved ahead 4" and the leaf spring folded up at the shackle! 6" more to the left and we would have been going to two funerals. Scrub this years moose season

[atctim]

Horrible Terrible news. I'm glad to hear they are both "ok" so to speak. Inexperienced riders and sport bikes never are a good mix!

[kb0nly]

Those crotch rockets are nothing but meat grinders, i can't count how many i have seen in accidents around here.

Thank god he was wearing a skull cap!!! Now tell him to keep to slower moving ATV's off the highway from now on.. LOL

[fabiodriven]

Those crotch rockets are nothing but meat grinders, i can't count how many i have seen in accidents around here.

The bike doesn't do anything you don't tell it to, kind of the same way a trike doesn't do anything you don't tell it to.

Glad to hear everyone is still kicking CoolPool. I've had my fair share of close calls over the years in all walks of life, not just in vehicles. I can't say I've never put myself in danger, just lucky enough to have avoided most of the big hits.

[MTS]

Oh man sorry to here that pete, best of wishes to a speedy recovery for your boy.

[MRSOUND]

With 3 daughters I or my wife have gotten that phone call a few times. We were always lucky it was never nothing serious. Glad to hear you could at least bring him home. Hang in there! Thoughts and prayers your way.

[oldskool83]

sucks about kids, sucks about the entire situation but the bike didnt have anything to do with it. parents letting kids buy sportbikes has everything to do with it. least they are all ok. last kid i knew on a sportbike decided he needed to race sum1...hes dead now. sportbikes are lame anyway once your over the age of 27.

[kb0nly]

Sportbikes are killers, i don't care what anyone says. People think three wheelers are bad, those things are stone cold death machines. I know a lot of people will blame the driver or the parents that let the kid buy it, or buy it for them, etc. But the machines are truly death traps.

A buddy of mine that has been on two wheels his entire life got on one to take it for a spin, he wasn't do anything reckless with it, but when he got back he got off and he said no way will i ever do that again, and this is the guy that bungee jumps and sky dives with a snowboard. He said the power to weight ratio and handling on them makes them inherently skittish and dangerous. If he says it feels dangerous i believe him.

Glad to hear the kids are ok. And sounds like your son got off really lucky. The other boy got some head trauma you mentioned, did he crack his helmet? I saw that at an accident scene i rolled up on about four months ago, they survived with a concussion. Thats a lot of force to make that happen.

[Howdy]

Sorry to hear about the accident, VERY grateful they are alive. Prayig for a quick and full recovery for the Kids.

[HuffieVA]

Really sorry to hear about anyone getting busted up, especially kids, hopefully they both make a full recovery and can one day look back at it as a learning experience as well as a tool to teach others to ride within their skill level.

[atc007]

Sorry to hear this Pete. Hang in there. Thank goodness they did have helmets. My Son and his friend share driving to and from work{ Graveyard}. His friend hydroplaned Tuesday night. 55mph,out through the trees. Totalled the car.. But both dumbasses were not wearing their belts. I was livid. Probably in their little skulls,this just reinforced everything I've taught them was wrong... Neither one was banged up too bad. Don't ask me how!? At least they've got some tickets to show for it.Parenting is surely the toughest job we'll ever love. I hope he gets better quick. They heal good at that age!

[just ben]

I have owned several sportbikes and although I agree with fabio that they don't do anything on their own(usually)but they are way too fast these days. a 600 now will outrun a decade old liter bike and now a liter bike is a 1300 or 1400. The biggest problem with them is the same thing that brought down trikes : they keep getting faster and they will sell them to whoever is paying. I wish the best for your son,Hopefully it is a lesson learned to him.

[wisconsinite]

wow, they both got lucky. definitely wish both kids a speedy recovery.

[Chazz of Blades]

I don't like to talk about it much, but I lost a very old(relatively) friend of mine a little while before I left this summer, 2AM in a curve he met a deer doing about 45mph. Came off the bike directly into a waiting tree trunk. Not saying it was his of the bike's fault, but him being a relatively fresh rider on a Ninja 500R wasn't a good combination to begin with.

I'm not a praying man myself, but I give you my and the boys my best wishes and hope for a speedy recovery, and an even quicker epiphany or two.

[El Camexican]

So glad to hear that they are going to make it. God bless.