Spectator injured in bike crash at Tour de Georgia race

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> <br> 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> <br> Ensley says Kinnebrew was wearing a helmet but suffered severe injuries to his head and spine and had a collapsed lung.<br> <br> 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> <br> (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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