Ed's going to be OK, but sore for some time. He might have a broken wrist and he does have 2 or 3 broken ribs. He's going to be in a lot of pian for a while.
He said he was running 80 MPH and before he could even blink there were 4 deer. Three of them were in his lane and darted off the road leaving one on the other side of the road. He thought maybe he had a "hole" to blast through as he was doing 80 MPH or so. Not to happen though. Two of the three deer went back across to check on their buddy. He plowed right into the side of one of them and the second one rammed into the side of him knocking him off the bike. Says it was like hitting a brick wall. Next thing he knows, he's sliding down the highway, then tumbling a while, then sliding for a while. He slid off the blacktop and down a deep ditch. when he finally stopped moving he was face down with his head on a log like it was a pillow. He could still hear Stevie Ray Vaughn playing on the Cd player as he laid there for 30 minutes or so. He raised his arm as traffic went by, but realized no-one could see him in the bottom of the ditch. He managed to get his cell phone and call the place he works and they sent an ambulance. His bike had landed in some brush between two trees and was still upright, with Stevie Ray playing. The guy with the tow truck ended up riding his bike back to his house, so it's not too torn up.
All in all he's very lucky. Very little road rash as he had on all the leathers and a helmet. He's always been on my case about wearing a helmet. I imagine that will only get worse. I'll look forward to when he is back riding and on my case again.
I told him all the site members are showing concern and praying for him.
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