At 5.45pm last Thursday (November 16), motorcyclist Xavier González was thrown into the air in attempting to avoid a van that had jumped a stop sign and then left the scene, leaving him unconscious by a roundabout near to Son Amar in Palmanyola.
He had been returning from the gym. He remembers the van coming straight towards him and that he grabbed the bike tightly. That's all he can remember.
When he woke up in Son Espases Hospital, he was in a very serious condition and spent four days in intensive care. He had a broken forearm, a broken collarbone, a broken shoulder blade, five fractured vertebrae and lung contusions. A week on, and it is the lung and the collarbone which continue to give him most pain. He can live with the pain, though, as he knows it could have been much worse.
Since the accident, his family has been attempting to find the driver. His mother Susana says that it was a white van with red print that may be from the industrial estate. It is believed to belong to a construction company.
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That round about is Dangerous , I use it quite frequently he could have been killed on some occasions the Guardia civil are there , bike riders use it as they come from st Maria people from Bunyola wanting to go to Palma or the Discount mall or the bunyola urbanacion , buzy place and everyone is in a rush this time of year very dangerous wet or moist tracking too late etc etc !