Bicyclist critically injured in Berwyn last week needs your help

Justin Carver, a good friend of a friend of mine, was riding his bike home from his library job last week when a driver turning left at 26th and East in Berwyn failed to yield.  Justin sustained a traumatic brain injury as well as several broken bones. He is still in the ICU fighting for his life after surgery to remove part of his skull and relieve the pressure in his brain.  

The driver who hit Justin only had minimum coverage car insurance, which will not cover his medical bills, let alone his lost income. A donation site has been established to help cover short-term expenses for Justin and his wife Kim, as well as future medical bills. I'm sure he would appreciate a show of support for for his wife from the local bike community as she goes through this extremely challenging time. So if possible, please consider making a donation at this site: http://www.gofundme.com/1om2b4

Thanks,

John Greenfield

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on December 14, 2012 at 6:32am

Done. I'm glad to see the gofundme link. It seems really difficult for me to write and mail a check. 

But there is already a thread for this topic at: http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/cyclist-seriously-injured-...

Multiple threads on the same exact topic water down the conversation and make it more difficult to have a cohesive conversation.

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 14, 2012 at 6:33am

Thanks a lot Tony!

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 15, 2012 at 3:49am

I donated. I hope that others will also.  His medical bills are likely to be enormous.

Permalink Reply by Zömbie 8.0 on December 15, 2012 at 5:55am

Done. Thank you for posting.

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 15, 2012 at 8:30am

Sure thing. Thanks Anne and CZ!

Permalink Reply by Erin on December 15, 2012 at 5:57pm

Done.

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 16, 2012 at 4:34am

Thanks Erin!

Permalink Reply by Pam B on December 16, 2012 at 5:28am

Trying to donate and am getting an error message - "this webpage is not available". Are others also getting this message?

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 16, 2012 at 5:37am

Pam, thanks a lot for your intereste in donating. I just clicked on the link above and it worked. Want to give it another try? http://www.gofundme.com/1om2b4

Thanks again,

John Greenfield

Permalink Reply by Pam B on December 16, 2012 at 6:12am

Tried in Firefox and it worked. I was getting the error message (in multiple attempts) when using Chrome.

Thanks for sharing the donation page and story, John.

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 16, 2012 at 7:01am

OK, cool. Thanks Pam!

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 16, 2012 at 2:43pm

Thanks for your generosity Chainlinkers! During the period since I posted this on Friday morning $2,650 has been donated by 69 people, and my guess is that a large number of them are Chainlink members. A total of $3,845 has been raised towards the goal of $5,000, although there are going to be some serious medical bills, so I'm sure anything above that would be much appreciated: http://www.gofundme.com/1om2b4

Thanks again folks. This is a wonderful example of how the Chainlink is a great vehicle for local cyclists to support one another.

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