Sunday, January 18, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Berkeley , Calif. – January 18, 2009

On Saturday Jan 17th, Vanderkitten Racing Elite team member Liz Hatch was involved in a solo-rider accident whilst participating in the Benefit for Women’s ATOC Criterium and All –Sport Team Swift ride outside Santa Rosa, CA. Following a comprehensive examination at the hospital, she was released and is now recovering at home. We wish Liz a quick and healthy recovery.


The Vanderkitten Racing team/club rules state that all members MUST wear an approved helmet at all times. Liz’s helmet in this instance absorbed a majority of the force of her crash, and was destroyed. As always, safety remains our highest priority and hopefully all of us can walk away with a reminder that helmets do reduce injury and save lives.


Please direct any questions or concerns of Liz's recovery or Vanderkitten Racing to the Managing Director: Mark Zefeldt mark@vanderkitten.com

3 comments:

jnavarra said...

too many cycling injuries this past ear. godspeed.

Lorri Lee Lown -- velogirl said...

healing thoughts, Liz! but hey, now you have an excuse for being crazy, right? I fell on my head mtn biking a few years ago and I've been using that excuse ever since.

xox

bobble said...

I frickin hate cervical collars!!

Get well soon and don't push it too hard too soon.

Trust me on that..