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Hit-And-Run Leaves Montauk Cyclist In ICU; Family Launches Fundraiser Hit-And-Run Leaves Montauk Cyclist In ICU; Family Launches Fundraiser
Hit-And-Run Leaves Montauk Cyclist In ICU; Family Launches Fundraiser A Long Island man known for his kindness and passion for cycling is fighting to recover after a hit-and-run crash left him critically injured. Kyle Briand, of Montauk, was riding his bike on the night of Sunday, Aug. 10, when he was struck by a driver who fled the scene, his sister Amanda Corwin wrote on a GoFundMe page. The cyclist was rushed by ambulance to Amagansett, where he was met by a medevac and flown to Stony Brook Hospital’s Trauma Center. He remains in the Intensive Care Unit. Briand sustained a severe head injury, a broken arm, fractured orbital bone, concussion, stitches abov…
Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship
Princeton Rower Killed In South Africa Helped Lead School To Ivy League Championship Kerry Grundlingh, a 21-year-old student at Princeton University was killed on Sunday, July 27, after being hit by a car while cycling in her native South Africa, the school announced. Grundlingh, an economics major was an accomplished athlete who was a member of the women's open rowing team at Princeton, and rowed for South Africa in international competitions, the university said. With the heaviest hearts, we mourn the tragic loss of Kerry Grundlingh. To the Grundlingh family and all those who... Posted by Row SA on Sunday, July 27, 2025 This past season, Grundlingh was part of t…
NY Cyclist Bitten By Venomous Snake On Bike Path After Getting Too Close NY Cyclist Bitten By Venomous Snake On Bike Path After Getting Too Close
NY Cyclist Bitten By Venomous Snake On Bike Path After Getting Too Close He meant to save the snake — instead, it nearly cost him his hand. Dan Geiger was cycling on the path along the Palisades cliffs that stretches from Fort Lee into Englewood Cliffs and Alpine, when he spotted a small snake on the path near the cliffs. Geiger, a writer from New York City, didn’t want it to get crushed by a bike or car. When the snake wouldn’t move after he nudged it with a water bottle, he reached out with his hand — and that’s when the snake struck him with "precision and speed," he said in an interview with Fox News. “I knew something was wrong immediately,” Dan said. Ble…