Re: Accident at ride this weekend in Montana...???

["Becky" <bechack@sierratel.com>]

I hope to heck they DISQUALIFIED the riders!!!!   There is no excuse for
this sort of behavior at any distance!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Hixson Layman <jlayman@leland.Stanford.EDU>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 2:54 PM
Subject: RC: Accident at ride this weekend in Montana...???


>I am probably stirring the pot by bringing this up, but it really disturbed
>me and would like to know if anyone knows what really happened.  My
>understanding is basically that two 25 milers galloping accross the finish
>line ran over a spectator that was not on the course.  All I know is it was
>at a ride in Montana this past weekend.
>
>The below is a note from a non-endurance friend, and she is friends with
>the victim, and a mutual friend of theirs notified her of the accident.  I
>don't know more than this, but hate to hear of stories such as this in our
>sport.
>
>>Hey, I know I left you a message on your phone, but I was really blown
away
>>about what happened to our friend, Jim Ourey. He's a heart surgeon and
ownes
>>the big ranch where Malissa works and he has pulled out of the ride. He
was
>>hanging out by the vet station near the finish line waiting for some of
his
>>friends doing the 50 (Mel Sherman - riding his stallion Willy was doing a
>>100) and two girls came around the bend on the road finishing up the 25
and
>>they just spurred their horses into a wild gallop. Unfortunately a truck
has
>>just moved onto the road to cross and rather than slow down the riders
>>went up >on the hillside heading straigt for Jim. He got up and turned
>>around to go
>>farther up hill out of their way...but there wasn't time. They hit him at
>>a >full gallop.  He was thrown several feet in the air and they thought he
>>was >dead. He didn't breathe for about 2 minutes and has a fractrured
>>neck, back and
>>sternum. They had to air lift him out of there. The stupid girls just kept
>>going. Neither one of them even came back to see what they'd done. It's
just
>>awful. Everyone's so upset. I just can't even believe it. I hope he's
okay.
>>Have you ever heard of anything so awful? I hope there's some sort of
>>discipline applicable to these two thoughtless, carelss riders.
>
>
>Jennifer Layman
>
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>
>Jennifer Layman
>Planner/Scheduler
>Housing Maintenance Services - Stanford University
>jlayman@leland.stanford.edu
>
>"The best thing for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse."
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