TH3_FRB cycling accident (Page 8)

Well, I must say I am very impressed. The accident that happened to Joel was just shy of tragic, but the overwhelming support of BTers is not to be denied. Joel, glad to see you are home and recovering. Although we have not crossed paths here on BT, from what I have read, you will be making the doctors and thearapist shake there head at your speedy recovery. Good luck with the recovery and btw, that was a $12,000 all carbon bike you were ridding that needs to be replaced on her dime right?

At least you are in good company, you can now swap war stories with Karen Smyers. She just one ups you with a close encounter with an 18 wheeler though

A bit of an update on the hunt for Miss Hit & Run.  The police seem to be dropping the ball a bit here.  As of yesterday (Fri) the report still hadn't been filed in the computers...that's 48 hours...and we can't get in touch with the officer that was on the scene.  Katie finally got a detective from the auto crimes division on the phone and he said that hit and run reports are supposed to be filed immediately so that a detective can be sent to the scene.  The cop that was there offered to take my bike home for me which seemed nice enough so I told him to go ahead.  Katie took it down to Final Kick the next day to let them look it over and assess the damage.  Apparently the bike should never have left the scene without a detective looking at it.  The cop that took my report also told me that it had to be treated as an auto accident and asked me a few questions about the make and year of my bike...like it was a car or something.  This was in the ambulance at the scene so I wasn't really thinking that it seemed screwy.  Well apparently the cop has been off the past few days which is why we can't get in touch with him.  Seems he didn't bother to finish filing my report before he took some time off.  The detective found a copy of my report that looks to be missing a lot of info and doesn't have anything on the identity of the driver or her plate #...which the cop told me we had.  So now I'm left to wait for Monday when the cop returns to work to find out WTF is going on.  If we can't find this woman because the police botched the report/investigation I'm going to be SOOOO pissed.  Nothing I can do now but wait and hope it was just some mis-communication at the police department and that everything is in order...but that still doesn't explain why my H&R report wasn't filed promptly.

This doesn't sound good. Joel, you need to talk to a cop or a lawyer who's very experienced with this sort of thing.

I agree with Marma and runningfoo, you were in a serious accident and action needs to be taken against the officer/detective that didn't file the report and said it was ok to take your bike. Ugh.

Posting signs requesting info is a good idea.

Another idea would be, hang around the intersection around the same time of day as the accident, if you think you would recognize the car or driver or see a vehicle that has damage from hitting the bike. People are creatures of habbit.

 Good luck.

I haven't been online this past weekend, and just saw this thread. I'm glad the surgery went well and you are still here.I was just tell some friends about watching your results from Boston this weekend, and the goosebumps I kept getting. I wish I lived nearby to physically help, like hunting this animal down. (not meant to offend any animals of nature or Bear) If you're going the media route I suggest find someone who is also a runner or biker. (they would be a little more passionate about this).

Good Luck and I'll keep praying for you.

Mul98 and pbarbato are attorneys ( I think ) and active on BT.  Perhaps if you PM them they can get you to the right people or moving in the right direction.