Chris:

It was Jeff Littmann, owner of Attitude Sports. He is in pretty bad shape. Airlifted by Flight-4-Life. He was training with Pro Lauren Jensen. I will get updates when possible.

Please keep Jeff in your prayers. He is a great guy, a great friend, and a great shop owner.


Jeff Littmann, a local bike racer and the owner of the Attitude Sports cycle shop in Pewaukee, was seriously injured in a crash with a car Friday morning, while he trained with triathlete Lauren Jensen, in Nashotah.
Littmann, 56, was flown by Flight for Life helicopter to Froedtert Hospital. Sources said he was undergoing surgery for severe head injuries late Friday morning.
A popular member of the Chiropractic Partners race team, Littmann has coached dozens of fellow athletes at the former Transition Cycle and the new Attitude Sports.
Jensen has been one of the most successful triathletes in the area for more than 20 years. Along with her husband, Todd, she operates the Tri Faster coaching service in New Berlin. She was standing and talking to emergency personnel after the crash.
Few details were available Friday morning. According to initial reports, the crash involving a car occurred at Wisconsin Ave., east of Woodfield Ct., in Nashotah, about 7:30 a.m.

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That is Lauren Jensen with the bike helmet. You can see the damage to the car.




http://www.jsonline.com/...style/104157119.html

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Jeff is in critical condition, currently in surgery to relieve pressure to his brain. The preliminary information I have says his face is "caved in," several broken ribs, and a broken leg. He is on a ventilator to try to remove pressure. More information to follow.

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Doing Eucharistic Adoration tonight:

Prayers will be said.

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Makes me sick to my stomach. I just rode there on Monday. Sad.

chris

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Ouch. That trauma sounds horrible. Channeling my well-wishes. . .

Prayers and warm thoughts for him, Lauren, and his loved ones.

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will be in prayer for this situation.

It breaks my heart a little every time I hear about this. I wish him nothing but the best and hope that he comes out of this fully, smoothly, and easily.

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prayers to Jeff and a speedy and complete recovery

At least the car stopped. i just dont see what is so hard not coming close to a cyclist. Motorcycles ride in the middle of the lane. Maybe we should too since riding on the shoulder doesnt seem to he proving safe enough. Idiots. That really angers me. I hope the guy gets serious prison time.

Recover, Jeff!

PS: Please, let's keep the thread on good thoughts for Jeff, and not on lynching the car driver. We have no idea how things happened, but we know someone is in need of those prayers and thoughts.

UPDATES:

I received an unconfirmed report that Lauren Jensen was just released from the hospital with a broken clavicle. Initial report is that she was not hit, but, went down dodging out of the way.

Latest report is that Jeff is not in surgery, but, is in the ICU. He is in critical condition and on a respirator. I went to the hospital, but, as expected, cannot get near the ICU (family only). Jeff has internal bleeding (brain). They are trying to stablize in ICU before surgery.

Regarding the accident, Jeff and Lauren were on an access road. The driver was moving at a high rate of speed. The driver claimed he never saw them, despite the sun being up and both wearing bright clothing.

Jeff is one of the toughest son-of-a-bitches I know. If anyone has a fighting chance, it is him. Thanks for all the well-wishes. Keep the prayers coming. Jeff is one of the good guys in the sport. We need him.

More updates to follow.

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A cyclist was killed in Tampa, FL today as well. What an unreal state to ride in, Florida is nuts. The article states it's the 6th cyclist killed in Tampa since July 29.

http://www2.tbo.com/...ident/news-breaking/

Thoughts and prayers are with Jeff and Lauren's family

Terrible

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Thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

What scares me is the location of the impact, since the windshield will give, the edge of the roof, not so much. Hopefully the "caved face" is just broken sinuses and ocular orbits, and nothing higher or around the back of the head.

Sobering.

John

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UPDATE:

Unfortunately, it is not looking good. The docs are unable to get Jeff stable enough to operate. They inserted shunts into his skull in an attempt to relieve the pressure. The latest information is that the driver was driving in excess of 50 mph. Jeff struck the windshield with the front of his head, which split his helmet in two. He traveled nearly 80 feet before striking the ground with an already split helmet. He has lacerations and blunt force trauma to the back of the head. His condition has been further downgraded.

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My prayers and thoughts go out to Jeff's family and friends.

JSA, thanks for the updates, we're all hoping that your friend pulls through.

Praying for him and his family.

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After reading the account of Jordan Rapp, now this accident, I guess its time to chime in. First of all I would like to say my family and I will in Prayer on behalf of Jeff and his family. We can pray in a effective way because we are just working our way through a June 26th vacation to Boise, ID when I was hit by first car and legs run over by the following pick-up. I dont know whats going on, there seems to be an epidemic of these kind of happenings gone on all over. You notice I didnt call them accidents because I dont think they are, people are not paying attention to us and there needs to be stiffer penalties against the offending drivers. Believe me, this is not just some random rant, my family and I are living the reality of these drivers not paying attention to what they're doing. Please call your local tv station,newspaper and ask for bicycle awareness advertisement. In little Boise area at least 3 people this year have been killed. Sorry if I've gone on beyond my time but I hope that some activisim will begin.

I don't know Jeff, but this story has really been on my mind today. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

I wish this wonderful sport wasn't so dangerous.

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very sad....ongoing prayers for athlete and safety of all cyclists training and racing........JB