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Nov 05, 2016Explorer
I have a story from around 1987 that is not related to RVing.I was racing on a local bicycle team when this incident happened. One of the most experienced riders [and nicest guys you could ever meet] on the team crossed paths with a turkey in a race. It was a time trial held in the Pine Barrens here in South Jersey. In a time trial each racer leaves the start one minute after the previous racer. About 3/4 through the 25 mile course he had just passed one of the racers ahead of him when a turkey came flying out of the woods and broad sided him knocking him off of the bike. So some of us are at the finish line area and we begin to wonder where is Rich, he should have returned by now since he was one of the strongest racers in the region. Well the racer he passed comes over to us a tell us how Rich was wailed by a turkey and crashed [at about 32mph] right in front of him. So a little while after that Rich crosses the finish line covered in blood and with some serious road rash. He tells us he had no idea what happened all he saw was a black flash from his right and then he was sliding across the road. He was a great guy. Two years later he was killed while riding a bike home from work by a guy that the police suspected was reading a news paper while driving. That was before cell phones, now the roads are more dangerous with people texting ect.
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