2008 Woodie Awards
Two cyclists hit in as many weeks
Webster van was involved in collision with Webster Groves resident; In second incident, student is hit
By: Jonathan Kleinow and Latreecia Wade
Issue date: 11/3/05 Section: News
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A student cyclist suffered a broken leg after being hit by a car Oct. 26 at the corner of Big Bend and Plymouth. Jessica Meyer, a senior political science major, was riding her bicycle home after attending class when she was struck.
"I just remember lying there and looking up and seeing a lot of people," Meyer said. "I heard people all around me directing traffic. The response was really quick."
Now, as a result of the incident, Meyer has make her way around campus on crutches. She has a broken right fibula.
"The rest of me was fine," Meyer said. "I didn't hit my head, thank goodness. I have had a few concussions from bike races before."
Tyler Kiwala had just left work for lunch when his 1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo struck Meyer. Kinwala said when he arrived at the stop sign on the corner of the street and Big Bend, he "had no idea she was coming."
"I was taking off at the stop sign, whenever the car went ahead in front of me, she started coming out and I didn't see her," Kiwala said. "It's my fault, I mean, I ain't gonna lie."
The impact of the accident knocked Meyer briefly unconscious. She said when she came to, Kiwala was standing in front of her.
"From what I could see, he felt really bad and shocked," Meyer said.
Meyer also said Kiwala was so remorseful that he called her and apologized after she was released from the hospital five hours later.
"I wish more people would recognize cyclists on the road," she said. "I wish we could all just get along and I know that sounds so hippie, so Beatle-esque, but cyclists have all the same rights as a car on the road."