Posted By Ron Kramer on June 23, 2009

A 58-year-old man is listed in extremely critical condition after being hit by a car while riding his bike on Monday, June 22. KSL News reports the female driver and the bicyclist were both headed in the same direction near 1350 South and Main Street. Police say the woman was having a severe diabetic problem and hit the cyclist without even knowing what she had done. Police stopped her car a few blocks down the road and discovered that she was in diabetic shock.

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

The driver and the cyclist, now identified as Sidney Mabine of Salt Lake, were taken to the hospital. The driver was treated and released but Mabine remains in critical condition. Authorities attribute the crash to the drivers medical condition so there will be no charges filed against her.

Best wishes to Mr. Mabine as he begins what sounds like will be a difficult recovery.

Legally speaking, even though the crash may have been brought on by a medical condition, it was the driver’s actions that caused it to happen. Often, those with medical conditions, have advance notice of it and the problems that those medical conditions can cause. For example, a diabetic may know that they are prone to blackouts. Given this, they should expect that they could have a blackout behind the wheel. Certainly, a woman in the driver’s condition with this type of condition is a greater risk to others than someone without this condition. I would recommend that Mr. Mabine contact an experienced Salt Lake City bicycle accident attorney to find out what remedies he has available to him. From the sounds of it, he should be able to make claims against the driver and possibly against his own insurance company, if he had coverage.

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