T Evans
Supercharged
Last Sunday morning me, my 3 sons and a riding buddy headed out for a breakfast ride in south central Kansas. We had a great breakfast and headed for a great stretch of rode around a small community called Dexter, KS. We all had a great time on about a 20 mile ride of nice sweepers and a few hard 90's. After completing the run I stopped and asked everyone if we should go to the house or turn around and go back the way we came. The decision was made to ride back the way we came. This turned out to be the worst decision I have ever made.
We headed back the way we came having a great ride when I came up on a hard right. I made the turn but it was close. So I watched in my rear view mirror to make sure the boys had slowed enough to handle the corner. To my horror I watched as the 1st son came around and caught his right side hiway peg which caused him to stand the bike up which caused him to get in the gravel along the edge of the road which caused him to go down. His youngest brother came around behind him and came thru the corner and seen his brother going down I guess he couldn't take his eyes off his brother and he drove right off the side of the rode and went down. As he was going down the first born of the twins had started into the corner and seen what was happening in front of him and whats he do. Yep he stands the bike up and try's to stop but locks it up and into the gravel then the grass and he goes down too. Ol dad is up in front watching in horror as all 3 of his boys go down and into the ditch.
I don't remember how I got stopped and turned around but I did. My buddy that was bringing up the rear hadn't seen them go down.. As he made the turn he sees me turning around and thinks I had lost something and that the boys had gone on ahead. Once the bikes slid off the edge of the rode, it was tall grass and about a 8' ditch delow full of large rocks.
The 3 boys and bikes were spread about 100' or so from each other. I jumped and ran to the boy that was the closest which is the one that went down the hardest and was moaning the most. He rode over to his back and looked up and ask what happened. I kept asking if he was ok and he said he thought so and he took his helmet off. The youngest that went down 2nd was laying still in the ditch no answering me and first born that went down last was hollering for someone to get his bike off of him. So I ran over to him and he was on his back with his 06 HD Vrod lying on his right leg. I reached down and lifted the bike off of him and he was able to pull his leg out and said he was ok. My buddy was over checking on the youngest as I returned to AJ the one that went down first. He said he was ok and talking ok so I headed for Daniel, the youngest.
Daniel was lying on top of a bunch of boulders so I eazed my legs under him to try to get him some relief. He wanted his helmet off because it was about 90 degrees laying there in the sun.
Thank god my boys are smarter than their father. All 3 had full faced helmets and vented leather jackets on. So they were geared up pretty good.
By this time a few cars came by and started helping and got EMS on the way. Matt, the one that I removed the bike from was setting on the edge of the road with his twin brother AJ being tended to by others. Daniel and I were in the ditch with him complaining of sever pain in his lower back and that he wasn't able to get up. EMS showed up in only about 20 min's and for where we were was pretty dam good. They put both boys on boards and loaded both in the same ambulance and headed to a small hospital in Wynnefield, KS about 20 miles away with me following on the bike. I had instructed Matt to call the boys mother and their wifes and have them head to the hospital. I called another buddy to bring his trailer and come and get Matt and the bikes.
AJ was transfered to a hospital with a concusion and broken collar bone in 2 places with some sore ribs and a few scrapes. They discharged him yesterday on Monday to go home to Tulsa and get with a specialist to have his collar bone repaired later this week. He still doesn't remember what happened. His twin brother is pretty sore all over with a sore ankle and left shoulder but seems to be doing OK.
That was the good news. The bad news is Daniel has been is severe pain the whole time and his xrays weren't read until yesterday after lunch and that's when they found a fracture on his L5 vertibre which is the reason for all the pain. He has some internal bleeding that has now stopped and he is black and blue all over his right side from this bleeding.
I throwed a fit over it taking so long to find the fracture in his back and had started the process for getting him moved to a larger hospital and better care. After visiting with a bone doctor in Tulsa he has said that the 3 hour EMS ride would be to much for him to take and now the Doctor and the hospital are properly treating him for his injuries, we made the decision to leave him there with some one there with him at all times.
I have just heard from his wife how has said that the physical therapist has come in this morning and was able to get him up and able to take a few stepps with a walker.
So it looks like we all will recover from our physical injuries but I don't know how long it going to take for dad to get over watching all 3 of his son go down at the same time and reliving the night mare.
The twins are already thinking what kind of bikes they are going to replace their rides with. And Daniel has told his mother and wife that the bike is going away not to be replaced
I have a helmet but don't use it much in the summer months but I am sure that will change. There were alot of leasons learned last sunday and now and an even greater apprication for these 2 wheeled machines that we all dearly love.
I thought I had been holding up pretty good until yesterday when the wife looked at me and stated that we could have lost all 3 sons in that corner just south of Dexter, KS on Sunday. That's all it took, I had the big break down and I am trying to recover from the mental hell that this last week end has brought.
We headed back the way we came having a great ride when I came up on a hard right. I made the turn but it was close. So I watched in my rear view mirror to make sure the boys had slowed enough to handle the corner. To my horror I watched as the 1st son came around and caught his right side hiway peg which caused him to stand the bike up which caused him to get in the gravel along the edge of the road which caused him to go down. His youngest brother came around behind him and came thru the corner and seen his brother going down I guess he couldn't take his eyes off his brother and he drove right off the side of the rode and went down. As he was going down the first born of the twins had started into the corner and seen what was happening in front of him and whats he do. Yep he stands the bike up and try's to stop but locks it up and into the gravel then the grass and he goes down too. Ol dad is up in front watching in horror as all 3 of his boys go down and into the ditch.
I don't remember how I got stopped and turned around but I did. My buddy that was bringing up the rear hadn't seen them go down.. As he made the turn he sees me turning around and thinks I had lost something and that the boys had gone on ahead. Once the bikes slid off the edge of the rode, it was tall grass and about a 8' ditch delow full of large rocks.
The 3 boys and bikes were spread about 100' or so from each other. I jumped and ran to the boy that was the closest which is the one that went down the hardest and was moaning the most. He rode over to his back and looked up and ask what happened. I kept asking if he was ok and he said he thought so and he took his helmet off. The youngest that went down 2nd was laying still in the ditch no answering me and first born that went down last was hollering for someone to get his bike off of him. So I ran over to him and he was on his back with his 06 HD Vrod lying on his right leg. I reached down and lifted the bike off of him and he was able to pull his leg out and said he was ok. My buddy was over checking on the youngest as I returned to AJ the one that went down first. He said he was ok and talking ok so I headed for Daniel, the youngest.
Daniel was lying on top of a bunch of boulders so I eazed my legs under him to try to get him some relief. He wanted his helmet off because it was about 90 degrees laying there in the sun.
Thank god my boys are smarter than their father. All 3 had full faced helmets and vented leather jackets on. So they were geared up pretty good.
By this time a few cars came by and started helping and got EMS on the way. Matt, the one that I removed the bike from was setting on the edge of the road with his twin brother AJ being tended to by others. Daniel and I were in the ditch with him complaining of sever pain in his lower back and that he wasn't able to get up. EMS showed up in only about 20 min's and for where we were was pretty dam good. They put both boys on boards and loaded both in the same ambulance and headed to a small hospital in Wynnefield, KS about 20 miles away with me following on the bike. I had instructed Matt to call the boys mother and their wifes and have them head to the hospital. I called another buddy to bring his trailer and come and get Matt and the bikes.
AJ was transfered to a hospital with a concusion and broken collar bone in 2 places with some sore ribs and a few scrapes. They discharged him yesterday on Monday to go home to Tulsa and get with a specialist to have his collar bone repaired later this week. He still doesn't remember what happened. His twin brother is pretty sore all over with a sore ankle and left shoulder but seems to be doing OK.
That was the good news. The bad news is Daniel has been is severe pain the whole time and his xrays weren't read until yesterday after lunch and that's when they found a fracture on his L5 vertibre which is the reason for all the pain. He has some internal bleeding that has now stopped and he is black and blue all over his right side from this bleeding.
I throwed a fit over it taking so long to find the fracture in his back and had started the process for getting him moved to a larger hospital and better care. After visiting with a bone doctor in Tulsa he has said that the 3 hour EMS ride would be to much for him to take and now the Doctor and the hospital are properly treating him for his injuries, we made the decision to leave him there with some one there with him at all times.
I have just heard from his wife how has said that the physical therapist has come in this morning and was able to get him up and able to take a few stepps with a walker.
So it looks like we all will recover from our physical injuries but I don't know how long it going to take for dad to get over watching all 3 of his son go down at the same time and reliving the night mare.
The twins are already thinking what kind of bikes they are going to replace their rides with. And Daniel has told his mother and wife that the bike is going away not to be replaced
I have a helmet but don't use it much in the summer months but I am sure that will change. There were alot of leasons learned last sunday and now and an even greater apprication for these 2 wheeled machines that we all dearly love.
I thought I had been holding up pretty good until yesterday when the wife looked at me and stated that we could have lost all 3 sons in that corner just south of Dexter, KS on Sunday. That's all it took, I had the big break down and I am trying to recover from the mental hell that this last week end has brought.
