Once, the chair of a department in which I taught asked for lesson plans, assignments and other materials "in case you get hit by a truck." My father implored me to write a will for the same contingency.
"Getting hit by a truck" has long been a metaphor for spontaneous, sudden, instantaneous death. And one's demise usually is the result of such an encounter with a multi-ton, many-wheeled vehicle, especially if there's nothing between the person who is struck and the bumper of the truck but a jacket--or the rear wheel of a bicycle.
Donald Graham of Omaha is an exception.
He was riding his bicycle on the shoulder of Highway 75 North when he veered into the traffic lane--and the path of a truck.
According to Police Captain Wayne Hudson, Heyl Trucking driver Danile Forno did everything he could to avoid hitting Graham. Forno said he saw another vehicle move to another lane to avoid hitting Graham.
Hudson said that Forno will not be charged but Graham, who suffered a broken leg and brain bleed, might be ticketed. Because he was riding home from the "Forgot Store" bar, Hudson believes that alcohol "may have played a role" in the crash.
Even with his current woes, I imagine Donald Graham is one of those rare people who survived getting hit by a truck. I have to wonder how, or whether, he wants to remember--and, given his alcohol consumption, how much he will remember.
"Getting hit by a truck" has long been a metaphor for spontaneous, sudden, instantaneous death. And one's demise usually is the result of such an encounter with a multi-ton, many-wheeled vehicle, especially if there's nothing between the person who is struck and the bumper of the truck but a jacket--or the rear wheel of a bicycle.
Donald Graham of Omaha is an exception.
He was riding his bicycle on the shoulder of Highway 75 North when he veered into the traffic lane--and the path of a truck.
According to Police Captain Wayne Hudson, Heyl Trucking driver Danile Forno did everything he could to avoid hitting Graham. Forno said he saw another vehicle move to another lane to avoid hitting Graham.
Hudson said that Forno will not be charged but Graham, who suffered a broken leg and brain bleed, might be ticketed. Because he was riding home from the "Forgot Store" bar, Hudson believes that alcohol "may have played a role" in the crash.
Even with his current woes, I imagine Donald Graham is one of those rare people who survived getting hit by a truck. I have to wonder how, or whether, he wants to remember--and, given his alcohol consumption, how much he will remember.
No comments:
Post a Comment