Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident around 11:30am
Living in Browns’ country every browns fan has come up to me with a half grin on their face asking if I’ve heard the news…
Of course that was before the exact details came out…
The Pittsburgh Tribune Review* is reporting: “Roethlisberger lost most of his teeth, fractured his left sinus cavity bone, suffered a nine-inch laceration to the back of his head and a broken jaw, and severely injured both of his knees when he hit the ground, police said. A plastic surgeon has been summoned.”
UPDATE: BTW, I read on a sports forum that had linked to my post, that another Steeler had reported that the surgery was specifically for the broken jaw and was expected to heal enough for him to play early in the season. The Steeler was un-named. So take that for what it is worth.
From KDKA:
“Witnesses tell KDKA he was not wearing a helmet and appeared to have head and facial injuries.”
From me:
PA is NOT the state to be riding in without a helmet. The road conditions (repair + gravel) not to mention the curves and hills just add too many variables. That’s even before you start thinking about the cars pulling out in front of you… Nebraska, that’s a different story. Plus no helmet on the 10th street bridge??? That’s just plain stupid. The buses in Pittsburgh deliberately (almost) try to take out motorcylclists. They assume you don’t need the whole lane and that they can take the right hand turns wide and swing their tails into the next lane over. The DO NOT do that when there are cars there or they would take out the passenger side door and window.
And can you imagine the poor people from Maine that go on vacation and take out the QB that won the last superbowl???
Predictions:
The lid law in PA will come under intense scrutiny but remain as is.
Riders in the NFL and other professional sports will come under an intense scrutiny (AKA the Cleveland Brown’s Kellen Winslow times 10) and some bylaw will be passed preventing riding without a helmet.
That law will provoke do gooders accross the country to revisit state helmet law legislation. Should be a fun year.
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