Elayne Jackson, a 62-year-old woman, was hit by a Collier County work truck while riding her bike at an intersection in Florida on February 29th. She suffered multiple injuries including a lacerated liver, broken bones, and nine broken ribs. Although the road to recovery will be long, Ms. Jackson says she is thankful to be alive after the accident and hopes to return to biking, her passion, soon. She believes wearing a helmet prevented more serious head injuries or even death. No charges have been filed yet against the driver.

1. Bikers being killed in Florida
By: Noah, Andrew & Luke

2. Biking can be dangerous
• Accidents are becoming more popular in
Florida because of how nice the weather is,
people can bike year round. More and more
people are biking and cars are not careful
enough sometimes resulting in an accident.

3. Elayne Jackson was hit at an
intersection
• Victim: Elayne Jackson Age: 62 years
old Date of Accident: 02.29.12 Location of
Accident: US 41 & Vanderbilt Beach No
charges yet against the driver

4. • Elayne Jackson was hit at the intersection of
Vanderbilt Beach Road and US 41 by a Collier
County work truck on February 29th. She was
dragged across the busy intersection, coming
to a rest under the back wheel of a trailer.

5. • She has a lacerated liver, broke her left tibia,
broke nine ribs, and broke her right collarbone
• The road to recovery will be very long for her,
who says she's just thankful to be alive after
the truck hit her

6. • She says she its her passion to ride her bike and
hopefully she will be able to return soon.
• She believes that not all things happen for a
reason
• After the crash happened it became a blur to her
but she hopes to keep fighting for safer roads

7. • If she was not wearing her helmet she
couldn’t of imagined how many head injuries
she would have had
• She really dosent know how she came out of
it without a more serious injury or even death

8. Work cited
• Wink News. "Victim in North Naples bike
accident thankful to be alive." Victim in North
Naples bike accident thankful to be alive. 15 Mar.
2012. Web. 15 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/201203-15/Victim-in-North-Naples-bike-accidentthankful-to-be-alive#.Uobl36VgzjA>.