Hello, I am the cherryfield woman, Marion Wright, I was not wearing a helmet but all my injuries were from the neck down. I was not speeding as the warden also said, I was going thru a washout with my feet in the air, I hit a rock, when bringing my feet down to the pegs (cause I had no running boards) my left foot slipped off the peg hit the ground and my back tire (paddle tires for mud not speed) started running me over and pulling me off the bike. It tore/ripped my workboot off my foot, wrapped my knee around the foot peg (making my knee 10 times bigger from swelling) pitched my body into the ground shoulder first , then left hip, and then pitched me about 30 feet from the area flipping over and over (serious blunt force trauma to my torso, especially the upper back area) broke 5 ribs and one place in my left hand. all bones are healed, now still waiting 3 1/2 months later for numbness and nerve pain to go away. Was out of work for 2 months and had my own health insurance to pay for stuff ( not state funded like some have commented.) this was truly an accident that could of happened to any of the 10 people in my group. Now my husband insists on getting a side by side because his wife got knocked the f*** out and he wants to keep an eye on me from now on !!
