My brother's sister-in-law went down last Saturday. She's a new rider and has a new bike. She said the front wheel locked up in a turn and she crashed head on into a guardrail. Shattered her jaw and shattered a leg. When her friends went back to get her bike, there was a large bird stuck between the forks and frame.

 

That's a freakish thing to happen.

Best wishes to her...

 

Wow..... just wow thats insane! Jus goes to show, anything can happen anytime. dumb bird, I hope she is okay. Was she not wearing a helmet??

 

That's so sad.
I hope she comes back stronger than ever.

 

Sorry to hear of her accident & injuries. Wishing her a speedy recovery.

 

She had a helmet but not full faced.

Her friends thought it may have been a hawk and my brother thinks the picture looks like a pheasant. I have not seen the picture they took of the wadded up bird but got thinking it may be a turkey.

There were only about 250,000 wild turkeys in New York State 20 years ago but now they number in the millions. They are everywhere. My daughter and her boyfriend hit one with his p/u and it bent the cab roof above the windshield. They fly low and don't turn very well.

What crappy luck for a new rider.

 

My best wishes for her recovery

 

Holy Cow Tim - that is a very, very unlucky thing to happen.

I hope it doesn't dampen her enthusiasm for riding and she heals fast and completely.

Please pass on our best wishes for her recovery.

Oh! And I'd have the bird stuffed!

Cheers, SB

 

That's terrible bad luck for that to happen to her! What a freak accident.

I hit a wood pigeon at about 80mph a couple of years back, smashed the screen up really bad and was an unnerving experience to say the least! A turkey would be really bad if it had hit her in the face with an open helmet.

Though she was unlucky, it could have been a hell of a lot worse.

Give her our best wishes and I hope the experience doesn't put her off biking for good.

 

Really bad news .... please pass on my best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.