Spectator injured in bike crash at Tour de Georgia race
By by The Associated Press
Posted 11:39AM on Tuesday, April 24, 2007
ATLANTA - Authorities say a spectator was paralyzed after losing control of his bicycle while descending the steepest part of the Tour de Georgia in northeast Georgia Friday.<br>
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Georgia State Patrol trooper Johnny Ensley says Thomas Kinnebrew of Helena, Arkansas was paralyzed from the waist down after crashing into a rock embankment on the way down from Brasstown Bald.<br>
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Ensley says Kinnebrew was wearing a helmet but suffered severe injuries to his head and spine and had a collapsed lung.<br>
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He was listed in critical but stable condition Saturday at North Fulton Regional Hospital. Officials did not immediately return a phone call for a condition update Monday.<br>
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