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Reports on Pittaburgh radio are saying that Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident on the 10th street bridge.

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Motorcyclist Injured In 10th Street Bridge Crash

(KDKA) PITTSBURGH City dispatchers have confirmed a motorcycle accident on the 10th Street Bridge.

The accident happened around 11:30am at the intersection with Second Avenue.

The victim has been taken to Mercy Hospital.

At this point, officials are not yet commenting on the victim's identity or condition.

 
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Monday, June 12, 2006

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured in a motorcycle accident this morning on Second Avenue near the 10th Street bridge, police said.

The accident happened shortly before 11:25 a.m. He was not wearing a helmet. Police have closed down the bridge, Second Avenue and the Armstrong Tunnels.
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Local news is saying a witness says he was not wearing a helmet and crashed head first into the windshield of the car he hit then hit his head on the ground. They said he was bleeding badly but was responsive to the witness.

 
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Latest I heard is that he went over his handlebars and into a windshield. Cannot confirm, but this is the rumor.

 
I hope he's okay.

Wasn't his not wearing a helmet an issue that was brought up during his rookie season?

 
May 6th, 2005 article where Roethlisberger talks about why he won't wear a helmet.

Way to go there, Einstein.

Roethlisberger to keep riding motorcycle  

NFL.com wire reports 

PITTSBURGH (May 6, 2005) -- Despite Kellen Winslow 's accident and his own coach's admonition, Big Ben isn't hopping off his big bike just yet.

Ben Roethlisberger was lectured by Steelers coach Bill Cowher on the dangers of riding a motorcycle without a helmet -- as Roethlisberger has been spotted doing recently -- but the quarterback isn't ready to get off his $20,000 cycle.

"He talked about being a risk taker and I'm not really a risk taker. I'm pretty conservative and laid back, but the big thing is to just be careful," Roethlisberger said as the Steelers opened their minicamp. "I'll just continue to be careful. I told him we don't ever ride alone, we always ride in a group of people, and I think it makes it even more safe."

Asked why he doesn't wear a helmet -- something he wouldn't think about doing on a football field -- Roethlisberger pointed out Pennsylvania's 35-year-old state law requiring helmets to be worn was amended two years ago.

"Obviously Pennsylvania doesn't think people need to (wear a helmet)," he said. "There's a law you've got to wear it in football."

Steelers linebacker Joey Porter was surprised to hear the NFL offensive rookie of the year is taking such risks so soon after Winslow's accident. The Browns tight end, drafted five spots ahead of Roethlisberger last year, was injured May 1 when he flew off a newly purchased motorcycle after running into a parking lot curb.

"Some guys are real good on motorcycles and know what they're doing, but accidents happen," Porter said. "I can't knock the guy for doing it, but it's probably not the wisest thing to do. I don't own a bike because I don't trust them."

Porter occasionally gets on a Jet Ski, but he said that's different from steering a motorcycle through heavy traffic. Roethlisberger acknowledged many drivers become distracted when they see him riding, shouting or waving at him.

"If I fall off a Jet Ski, I hit the water, and I like my odds," Porter said. "I'm going to get wet. What I say about motorcycles is that concrete is undefeated."

Of course, Roethlisberger was, too, as a rookie, going 13-0 during the Steelers' team-record 15-1 regular season before losing to New England in the AFC championship game.

The Steelers are understandably cautious about combining a first-round draft choice and a high-speed vehicle. Gabe Rivera, the defensive lineman they chose instead of quarterback Dan Marino in the 1983 draft, was paralyzed after wrecking his sports car midway through his rookie season and hasn't walked since.

Many NFL contracts prohibit engaging in dangerous activities, but Roethlisberger's deal apparently doesn't specifically ban motorcycle riding.

Cowher didn't criticize Roethlisberger's riding, but is visibly uneasy with it.

"I certainly don't condone that," Cowher said. "It (playing pro football) is a very small time in your life and you've got to be very careful -- you can see it documented with Kellen Winslow in Cleveland. There are choices and consequences ... not just in riding motorcycles, but where you go and who you associate with. You have control over them but once you make your decision, they control you."

Meanwhile, all players reported to the minicamp, the formal start to the final month of the Steelers' offseason workouts. Most players will remain in town through mid-June for "coaching sessions," daily workouts that technically are voluntary but usually are fully attended.
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Local news is saying a witness says he was not wearing a helmet and crashed head first into the windshield of the car he hit then hit his head on the ground. They said he was bleeding badly but was responsive to the witness.
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I hope he's okay.

Wasn't his not wearing a helmet an issue that was brought up during his rookie season?
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It's been a big topic of discussion in Pittsburgh from time to time. Bradshaw really got on him about this.
 
Latest I heard is that he went over his handlebars and into a windshield. Cannot confirm, but this is the rumor.
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Yes, local news is reporting he hit his head off the cars windshield and then off the ground. Not good at all especially w/o a helmet.
 
Roethlisberger Involved In Motorcycle Accident

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured in a motorcycle accident on Monday morning.

The Steelers confirmed the accident for Channel 4 Action News.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review said the accident happened on Second Avenue near the 10th Street Bridge.

A witness told Channel 4 Action News that Roethlisberger went over the handlebars, hit the windshield of another vehicle and then hit the ground.

Roethlisberger was not wearing a helmet, according to the paper.

Police have closed down the bridge, Second Avenue and the Armstrong Tunnels.

Roethlisberger was taken to Mercy Hospital. There is no word on the extent of his injuries.
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briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?

 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
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No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
 
They're now showing a pic of the car he hit and there is a big crushed in mark on the windshield where they're saying his head hit. They also showed his bike which was in pretty bad shape. It was a Sport bike not a Hog.

 
Gonna be an awful lot of "I told you so"s on the talk radio shows around the 'Burgh today.

 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
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No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
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Charlie Batch.....This does not look good - on several fronts. Best to Big Ben. Hope he can recover.

 
I hate June in the NFL. News is slow and all those stupid OTA's going on. Trade rumors and the like, plus ya got all these idiot QB's riding around on motocycles without a helmet. :banned:

Sheesh. Next thing ya know Wunderkind TE's will be doing the same thing.

I'm tellin ya. :no:

 
I'm not even a Steeler fan and this pisses me off.

I hope he's ok, but how effing stupid can someone be.

:no:

 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
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No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
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Charlie Batch.....This does not look good - on several fronts. Best to Big Ben. Hope he can recover.
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Probably best to not do the jokes until his condition is known. Not cool
 
I'm not even a Steeler fan and this pisses me off.

I hope he's ok, but how effing stupid can someone be.

:no:
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Pretty stupid. I hope he's ok, but in the battle of 250 lbs humans vs. asphalt, asphalt has yet to lose.
 
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Steelers | Roethlisberger injured in motorcycle accident

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:11:04 -0700

KDKA.com reports Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger (head) has been injured in a motorcycle accident around 11:30 am Monday, June 12. The team has confirmed Roethlisberger was injured. He was not wearing a helmet when he flew over the handlebars and hit his head on the windshield of a car, according to an eyewitness. The witness added Roethlisberger seemed groggy and was bleeding from his head, but was able to say his first name. He has been taken to Mercy Hospital, but officials are not commenting on his condition.

 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
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No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
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Charlie Batch.....This does not look good - on several fronts. Best to Big Ben. Hope he can recover.
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Probably best to not do the jokes until his condition is known. Not cool
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The joke is that this idiot who has everything going for him did something as stupid as riding without a helmet.
 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
Click to expand...
No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
Click to expand...
Charlie Batch.....This does not look good - on several fronts. Best to Big Ben. Hope he can recover.
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Probably best to not do the jokes until his condition is known. Not cool
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You're right :bag:
 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
Click to expand...
No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
Click to expand...
Charlie Batch.....This does not look good - on several fronts. Best to Big Ben. Hope he can recover.
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Probably best to not do the jokes until his condition is known. Not cool
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You're right :bag:
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I think we can all agree that we hope he is not hurt too badly.
 
briiing - briiing

Tommy - have you started selling insurance again?

First of all we need a predated one on Ben and second of all - do you still remember your playbook?
Click to expand...
No? Well do you happen to have Kerry Collins' number then?
Click to expand...
Charlie Batch.....This does not look good - on several fronts. Best to Big Ben. Hope he can recover.
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Probably best to not do the jokes until his condition is known. Not cool
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The joke is that this idiot who has everything going for him did something as stupid as riding without a helmet.
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I'm just trying to stop people getting banned.
 
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Copyright 2005 P.G. Publishing Co.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)

June 12, 2005 Sunday

HEADLINE: ANOTHER WARNING FOR BIG BEN

Two local motorcyclists have been killed in the past month roaring down the same stretch of Route 28 that a certain Steelers quarterback navigates on his Harley-Davidson Softail, his hair flitting in the wind.

Hulloh, Ben Roethlisberger?

Anyone home in that helmet-free head?

If the latest piece of tragedy doesn't cause pause at the throttle, maybe Jamie Henderson will.

Jamie Henderson used to play in the NFL. Used to play safety for the New York Jets, the team that twice confronted the Steelers last season with him on its roster but nowhere in sight. Used to tool around almost half his life on a bike that nearly took all of it 14 months ago on a curving patch of two-lane Georgia road.

Spent three weeks in a coma. Breathed on a respirator. Sported a freshly drilled hole in his skull where doctors desperately tried to reduce brain swelling.

Oh, yeah, and he was wearing a helmet.

"I just wish people would put their bikes up and wait till after their career. Then they can ride the rest of their lives," Henderson said this week from Carrollton, Ga., where he continues to work out in hopes of returning first to his former self, then to the NFL and where he no longer rides his Kawasaki. "Bikes are dangerous. All of us who ride bikes know that. You only have two wheels. Shoot, all it takes is one driver not paying attention. It's not like a car crash -- you ain't going to have a fender bender."

Henderson remembers nothing of his April 2004 crash. Remembers nothing of being on that road. "My bike's fine. It was just me. I wish it would've been the other way around."

His isn't the only pro career to become a casualty of a two-wheel accident.

Former Penn State running back Gary Brown was, for all intents, left for dead on the streets of Williamsport after a June 1999, hit-and-run accident in which a car ran a stop sign and smacked his Suzuki. Brown went from a 1,000-yard rusher to a 177-yard rusher and done after three New York Giants games.

Bulls guard Jay Williams concluded a dazzling NBA rookie season, and possibly a career, when he crashed his Yamaha sportsbike into a Chicago pole in June 2003. Two years later, after doctors once whispered about amputation, Williams tries to rehab himself into some semblance of an NBA player.

Browns rookie tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. ... well, no need to go there. That's the stupid incident provoking all this Roethlisberger, TV-sweeps-month hoohah in the first place, the one that got the rookie quarterback's back up and prompted him to vehemently contend he was no "risk-taker."

There were 3,661 motorcycle deaths on American roads in 2003. Two wheels, no air bags, no reinforced metal surrounding, no control over every other auto on the roads. It's an equation rife with deadly risk.

In many pro-sports contracts, employers prohibit their millionaire athletes from dangerous behavior, such as motorcycling. That meant Henderson and most of the bike-screamin' fellas willfully violated their deals. Yet Roethlisberger's contract makes no such prohibition. Easy riding for a $9 million bonus baby.

"When you sign a contract, you sign not to ride a motorcycle," Henderson said. "But he can ride? Wow. [Pause.] Wow. [Longer pause.] Gracious. I'm stunned.

"I look at my situation, hell ... I've been riding since I was 14. And ain't had a wreck since I was 15, you know? Ten years later, I had a wreck. I shouldn't have gotten on in the first place. But I was thinking the whole time, 'I know what I'm doing. It's safe.' "

Funny, that's what Roethlisberger said. "I'll just continue to be careful."

"He says he's good on a bike? I'm good on a bike, also." Henderson's unspoken words being: Look at me now.

Big Ben might not listen to coach Bill Cowher, might not listen to the Rooneys, might not listen to the caterwauling Steeler Nation (a welder named Eddie wrote on Roethlisberger's Web site, "Brother, wear a helmet; I've had too many friends die on bikes that I still wear mine, and I work at the Harley plant here in York, Pa."). He might not listen to gal-pal Natalie Gulbis or the squawk-show screechers. He might not listen to his own family, to whom he is the most valuable resource -- one that no millions could replace.

But he, backup Tommy Maddox and every other athlete on two wheels ought to hear and heed Henderson.

"He's making that much money, doing big things right now, I don't see why he wants to jeopardize that," Henderson. "He's got a lot of people looking up to him right now. Whether he likes it or not, that's the way it is. And if he had an accident ...

"I don't get on that bike anymore, man. When I went back to New York for a visit after my accident, a lot of Jets guys told me, 'I got rid of my bike.' I'm glad I could be an example. But I hate it, too."
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I hope he is Ok and sounds like he should be..can never tell with the head but if he was trying to get up then maybe its not super serious? Hopefully just a concussion.

 
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Latest info on ESPN Sports Radio:

The Steelers had a brief statement to the media where they confirmed it was Ben, he is at Mercy Hospital getting treatment and they have no details on his condition.

Sorry, that's all there is...

 
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