Re: RE: Re: Missing cyclist's body found

On Tue Feb 18 11:04:14 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 2/18/2025 5:20 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

No details whatsoever as to what actually happened.
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https://www.pinkbike.com/news/body-found-during-search-for-matt-opperman-in-spain.html

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I?d guess misadventure but since he?s not been formally identified let
alone cause of death established?

A few years ago, we had the first and only fatality in our 265 acre
nature preserve's history. The guy was a middle aged mountain biker and
fitness enthusiast, not known to me but known well by some of my
friends, mostly through their contact at a local gym.
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He apparently fell off his mountain bike into a very shallow creek while
crossing a little footbridge on a winter ride. I never heard autopsy
findings, but I wonder if his death was some combination of being
knocked out and suffering hypothermia.

    He was in Spain Frank, while hypothermia is possible it is unlikely that he would be unconscious long enough to become hypothermic. More likely a broken neck disconnecting blood flow to the brain.