"Friday, cyclist Aaron Pomeroy going downhill approaching Bradley around a ""blind curve"" apparently went into the oncoming traffic lane where he hit a car head on and was thrown into the ravine where paramedics gingerly lifted him out. It was 300 yards before Bradley. He is at Westchester Medical Center apparently in serious condition."
BIKE HITS CAR ON TWEED- CYCLIST FALLS INTO 20 FOOT RAVINE
Sat, 03/27/2004 - 4:01am
Sat, 03/27/2004 - 6:02pm
#1
CRCA/Renaissance racer
Aaron Pomeroy finished 4th in Men's 3/4 field at the Grant's Tomb Crit the previous weekend.
See:
http://www.bikereg.com/News/Results04/20040320Columbia.asp
Is this the same Aaron Pomeroy?
Is this photo Aaron?
http://www.metrosanchezracing.com/gallery/2004-3-20_Grants_Tomb/slides/D...
Sun, 03/28/2004 - 9:09am
#2
And doing extremely well in the CRCA races, #1 in the A Field in the first race of the season, and well placed in the second.
http://www.crca.net/races04/
All the best to him...
Mon, 03/29/2004 - 9:12am
#3
From the CRCA email list
By now, many of you have learned of Aaron Pomeroy's accident on Friday morning. While the story posted in the Journal News presents a grim tale, I am happy to report that Aaron is doing pretty well considering what he went through. He was discharged from Westchester Medical Center on Saturday afternoon. He is quite banged up and will need some time to make a full recovery, but by all accounts he is very lucky. He is now back at home in the city under the expert care of his wife.
Sat, 03/27/2004 - 7:56am
#4
Bike Accident on Tweed on Friday 3/26
About 1pm I came on an accident on Tweed (in the hills just south and west of Nyack off Bradley Hill Rd). The cyclist, who I was told was from the city, had already been taken by ambulance to the hospital; the cops wouldn't let me continue up the hill until they'd placed the motorist's car on a flat bed truck. I asked for the name of the cyclist and was told to speak to the sergeant who refused to give me the cyclist's name, but said he'd been taken to Westchester Hospital. All I could see when they carried the bike to a van was that it was red, and minus a front wheel. Does anyone know anything about this? I think I may have some information regarding the motorist that might help the cyclist in obtaining damages.
Sat, 03/27/2004 - 8:44am
#5
same guy?
"this was posted earlier on the message board.
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2004 4:01:49 AM
Author: Jay ([email protected])
152.163.252.167 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; AOL 8.0; Windows 98)
Subject: Manhattan man, age 32 was helicoptered to Westchester hospital
Friday, cyclist Aaron Pomeroy going downhill approaching Bradley around a ""blind curve"" apparently went into the oncoming traffic lane where he hit a car head on and was thrown into the ravine where paramedics gingerly lifted him out. It was 300 yards before Bradley. He is at Westchester Medical Center apparently in serious condition.
"
Sat, 03/27/2004 - 9:45pm
#6
Here is most complete info on the accident involving A.P. who apparently is the cyclist in the picture at the criterium.
news story:
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/032704/b0127bikecrash.html
bio:
http://team.runmedia.com/cyclingteam/riderbio.php?riderid=11
Sun, 03/28/2004 - 11:35am
#7
this sounds like the tight turn mike samuel slid out on many years ago. you're tempted to take the turn wide to cut through the apex, but you end up going wide again at the other side...where there's a good chance you'll get hit by oncoming traffic.
since mike told me about that spill, i've taken that turn very, very slow. best wishes to the cyclist.
10-speed?!
don
The accident occurred while Pomeroy was bicycling west down Tweed Boulevard. His 10-speed Cannondale bicycle hit a Mercedes-Benz driving east up the mountain in the opposite lane, Orangetown police said.
Sun, 03/28/2004 - 6:24am
#8
blame
"Isn't it interesting how ""the bike crashed into the car"", ""struck the vehicle"" and all the other ways the reporting (in this and other articles) describes Pomeroy's stunt in the active voice. I suppose this releases the driver of the vehicle from irritating feelings of guilt and remorse.
To Aaron i wish a complete recovery and to everybody else, safe riding this spring."
Sun, 03/28/2004 - 12:07pm
#9
blame revisted
"The choice of words is probably because (according to police, at least) the cyclist had veered into the opposite lane when the crash occured. (AKA - the cyclist was the one who caused the crash)
If one extracts the impassioned thinking that Mr. Pomeroy is ""one of us,"" and we think of him as the driver of a car (and this an accident between two cars), the wording makes sense.
I don't think there is an ""anti-cycling"" conspiracy at work here, and, to be fair, we don't know how the driver feels.
(excerpt from article)
""Mr. Pomeroy was coming down the mountain and crossed into the eastbound lane and struck the vehicle driven by Mr. Peterson,"" Brown said after returning from the scene. ""He bounced off the windshield and landed 20-and-one-half feet down a ravine on the side of the road."""
Sun, 03/28/2004 - 2:42pm
#10
Easy to do...
That decreasing radius turn is extremely deceiving. I almost lost a teammate there a few weeks ago on a wet morning. Nice bike handling skills saved the day (barely) and if a car had been coming he would have been in major difficulty. Best to be highly respectful of that turn...
Sun, 03/28/2004 - 4:25pm
#11
Drivers have no feelings?
"Catherine states ""I suppose this releases the driver of the vehicle from irritating feelings of guilt and remorse.""
Well, if I was driving up Bradley-Tweed, on the right side of the road, and a cyclist on my side of the road suddenly crashed into my car, then went into ravine as described, I would be shocked, surprised, and perhaps I would feel guilty. As a cyclist, I would feel his pain. I would feel it for days, weeks afterward. I would feel trepedation anytime I was on Bradley-Tweed afterward, whether on bike or in car, and I would be thinking of that poor cyclist who went down the side. Reading about the accident in the paper wouldn't relieve me of any feelings I may have.
So tell us again how that driver is supposed to feel?
I also wish Mr. Pomeroy a complete recovery"
Mon, 03/29/2004 - 6:50am
#12
Descending Tweed towards Bradley....
About 10 years ago Mike Samuels described that descent as a reverse camber turn- the road turns right but slopes off to the left; taking you where you ought not go. And its sandy. Nasty. I believe Andrea Goodman crash turning right onto Bradley. If there was any sort of traffic up there this would be a frequent event.
Sat, 04/03/2004 - 4:48am
#13
"POMEROY ""STILL RECOVERING"""
"According to the Journal News April 3, the police investigation indicated that he was coming steeply downhill around a curve & ""crossed the double yellow lines into the opposite lane. Either he was riding too fast or wasn't paying attention as he rounded the curve"""
