Am gratuitiously throwing in photos, today, as they only bookend events described in text: Emigrant Lake before the Rookie Regatta (morning) and hillside by boathouse after the loading of trailer for Canada Nationals (evening)....
After the Regatta, I headed back to town and came upon accident, car vs. motorcycle. Motorcyclist broadsided and up, onto hood, then back off onto road as car braked. Motorcyclist was down and out, but attended to, blanketed. No apparent bleeding. Motorists were dazed, but unhurt.
I controlled traffic complicated by roadwork on bridge 25mtrs from accident. Bridge down to one lane, controlled by temporary traffic signals with proximity trigger-sensors. The 25mtr gap meant Soutbound traffic had to get close enough to trigger light for that direction, but if too many cars queued at the signal, they'd snake back out into the Northbound lane where the accident blocked the South. Northbound traffic, once the light changed at the far end of the bridge, would get stuck at accident by South cars and could also pile up enough to block bridge, entirely. And the signals were visible much sooner than I, so reactions were a bit slow to accomodate the needs of the accident.
Hwy 66 is a State Highway, so we had to wait for State Police to arrive. Although Ashland Police is much closer, this is how it's done. After managing traffic solo for 55mins while the ambulance company arrived and attended the motorcyclist, a fawn limp-hopped across the roadway near me and the traffic I'd stopped for the moment. It was strange, and somehow nearly comical in the midst of all the wreckage and traffic.
A State Trooper arrived, and began to assess to the accident. Another arrived as the ambulance left. After 1:15 on scene we righted the motorcycle and pushed it off the road, moved the car, and I was done. Before leaving, I asked what happened. The car had swerved to avoid the fawn, only to clip its hind leg before continuing into opposing traffic and the motorcycle.
