Incredibly sad, this is one of my brothers very good friends, he is still fighting for his life at the moment - He’s had spinal surgery, heneeds a facial reconstruction, metal plate on his face, he needs new teeth,they’re amputating several fingers, his legs are fine arms are damaged, internalbruising and swelling. He’s got a brain activity monitor attached to check for changes within his brain as he has been in and out of a coma, his breathing is 30% by a machine - previously 100% of his breathing was by machine.
I seriously do not understand what happened, as the road he was coming from has speed bumps, the quickest he could have been travelling would have been 45mph on his 125…He was wearing full leathers and a Shoei helmet, apparently the front of the helmet caved in on impact, the side of the helmet dug into his cheeks.
Thats terrible news, Like the poster said it is incomprehensible what could have caused the damage at the speed he must have been going. My thoughts are with him & hope he gets better soon. Fabio please keep us updated.
Wow, that’s shocking to hear. Hope the guy makes it out alright.
Just acts as a stark reminder that the worst accidents can happen when least expected. You don’t necessarily have to be going at 100mph for something like this to happen.
With the utmost respect and implied sensitivity at this time, I did find myself pondering the same question. Especially bearing in mind the manufacturer, how come the helmet collapsed.
I will find out which model - my brother is adamant it was a Shoei even though I had never seen him with a Shoei helmet and on his Facebook page he is wearing a Shark S900 helmet, but the picture is about 4 months old - maybe he bought a Shoei recently? i don’t know but will try to find out.
