Melbourne Cycle Race Crash
I saw this on CBS news a couple of nights ago. Perhaps you did too, but the video is worth seeing again. No serilous injuries, though. Amazing.–Corrie
A CYCLIST who came within centimetres of serious injury in a spectacular crash was back on his bike yesterday shrugging off jarred bones, deep cuts and a swollen jaw.
Bendigo rider Jamie Crass, the Oceania junior road champion, catapulted into the air and landed on a railing in a crash which collected 14 of the 17 cyclists in a Future Stars race for Australia’s best under-18 talent on Wednesday night at Vodafone Arena.
On the other side of the railing was a deep stairwell, — and maybe death — but Crass somehow stayed on the right side of the rail, falling back on the track and surviving to tell the story.Read that story here.