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Hi all, did my last reply - sent Friday - get swallowed up?? alan On 22 Sep 2015, at 10:30, Simon P J Batterbury wrote: > here is my account https://simonbatterbury.wordpress.com/2015/09/17/saved-by-a-laptop-bike-meets-truck-on-alexandra-parade-melbourne/ > > Dr. Simon Batterbury | Associate Professor, Environmental Studies| Dept. of Geography | 221 Bouverie St (rm L2.33) | University of Melbourne, 3010 VIC, > +61 (0)3 8344 9319 | simonpjb @ unimelb.edu.au | http://www.simonbatterbury.net > > ________________________________________ > From: Simon P J Batterbury > Sent: Tuesday, 15 September 2015 8:21 AM > To: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list > Subject: RE: / HGV fatals > > This is slightly raw since I am hospital after being hit on wednesday by an HGV doing 60km/h. Miraculously, after spinning through the air (the bike was destroyed under the wheels), I came out with broken ribs, delated lung, concussion and a broken leg. The accident circumstances were different ( I was at 90 degrees to the truck) and what saved me was wearing a backpack