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Colorado Cyclist Publishes Letter To Driver Who Hit Him
Andrew Bernstein shared his story in Outside magazine, writing an open letter to the driver who hit him and left.
BOULDER, Colo., (CBS4) – It’s been just over nine months since Andrew Bernstein was, in his own words, “left to die” on the side of the road. Since then, he’s come a long way in his recovery, but he hasn’t forgotten how dire the situation was. On July 20, 2019, the avid cyclist was riding his bike home from a training session in Erie when he was struck on Arapahoe Road near Legion Park. Colorado State Patrol is investigating the case as a hit and run.
“The doctor that treated me at Boulder Community Hospital told me I was within a half an hour of dying,” Bernstein said Sunday. “More than 30 broken bones, including vertebrae in my back and all of my ribs and pelvis, femur, two collapsed lungs, I had all kinds of internal bleeding.”