A Wallaceburg man was seriously injured on Friday, while training for a bicycle ride fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House.
Rick Bernard sustained non-life-threatening but serious injuries on Friday when he was struck by a flat-bed truck on McCreary Line near Mandaumin Road on Friday.
Total damage was estimated at $1,500, police officials say.
The driver, a 59-year-old Newbury man, was charged with failing to turn out to the left to avoid a collision with a bicycle.
Bernard seriously injured his elbow and will require multiple surgeries, his family told the Sydenham Current.
“I might be down, but I’m not out,” Bernard posted on social media.
“I have a long journey ahead of me, but I know with all the help and caring from all the wonderful people around me, I will make it through this. I am obviously not sure when, but I will be completing my bike ride to London for the Ronald McDonald House.”
Bernard told the Sydenham Current back in May that he has wanted to give back to the London-based organization ever since his twin boys, Max and Joe, were born six-weeks premature.
His plan was to ride his bicycle from Wallaceburg, all the way to the Ronald McDonald House in London.
Read the full story, here: Giving back to the Ronald McDonald House
– Photo credit: Aaron Hall
