pipeliner72
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Xmas day we were having family over for dinner and and a afternoon of sledding around home.My brother brought his two day old m 1000 he was pretty anxious to ride it so there wasn,t much visiting me him and our two boys suited up and left town the first field we came to we started to cruise halfway through the field the coast looked clear so we picked up the pace and my bros opened up his m1000 with me not far behind on my gade 1000 (the two boys followed behind on their own machines) out of nowhere came a drainage ditch i had time to get my machine slowed down a little and jumped pretty far my brother wasn,t so lucky he hit it real hard he launched in the air who knows how high.When he came to rest(180 feet from the ditch) his helmet was ripped off and was rolling around on the ground with a injured back and a bleeding nose he was in a lot of pain my first instinct was to call 911 he was in so much pain he just wanted to get to the hospital i went home got my truck loaded him up and took him to the hospital after xrays it turns out he has a broken back and is at the royal alex hospital waiting to hear if he needs surgery or if a brace will work here are some of the things that would have kept this from happening and what should have been done after the fact.
1)We should have had a discussion about where we wer,e going and some of the hazzards we might have encountered.
2)We should have made a safe run through the field made sure it was clear then turned around and opened it up.
3)We never should have moved him we should have stabalised him and called a ambulance.
In this case we got very lucky we didn,t damage his spinal cord when we moved him he is expected to make a full recovery it will just take a long time to heal up.Everyone plan your ride,ride safe and come home in one piece.
1)We should have had a discussion about where we wer,e going and some of the hazzards we might have encountered.
2)We should have made a safe run through the field made sure it was clear then turned around and opened it up.
3)We never should have moved him we should have stabalised him and called a ambulance.
In this case we got very lucky we didn,t damage his spinal cord when we moved him he is expected to make a full recovery it will just take a long time to heal up.Everyone plan your ride,ride safe and come home in one piece.