Area veteran injured on bike

Staff photo by Patrick McCallister  Harold Trieber is Past Commander and 2nd Vice Commander of the Korean War Veterans Treasure Coast Chapter, Post 106, Port St. Lucie. He was hit by a car while cycling in Port St. Lucie on May 13. Trieber is part of a large community of older veterans who are avid cyclists. The collision fractured his C-2 vertebrae, among other injuries. Trieber is working to make cycling safer in Port St. Lucie.

Staff photo by Patrick McCallister
Harold Trieber is Past Commander and 2nd Vice Commander of the Korean War Veterans Treasure Coast Chapter, Post 106, Port St. Lucie. He was hit by a car while cycling in Port St. Lucie on May 13. Trieber is part of a large community of older veterans who are avid cyclists. The collision fractured his C-2 vertebrae, among other injuries. Trieber is working to make cycling safer in Port St. Lucie.

Patrick McCallister
For Veteran Voice
Harold Trieber is past Commander and now Vice Commander of the Korean War Veterans Treasure Coast Chapter, 106. He’s also a velophile, an avid cyclist. On May 16 he was hit while cycling in Port St. Lucie.
“I got up as I usually do and I was going on my bike ride,” he said.
Trieber put on bright red and white cycling gear, including his helmet and the 78-year-old started his morning exercise. Within an hour he was unconscious on a medical helicopter. A driver hit Trieber while crossing at a residential neighborhood intersection. The driver had a stop sign — Trieber didn’t. Among his injuries, Trieber had a fractured C-2 disk. In other words, his neck was broken.
“When I turned to the left, I saw myself getting hit by a car, and I was on the hood,” he said.

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