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‘Dead’ cyclist turns up at police station to ask for her bike

Wisconsin woman suffered brain aneurysm while cycling

A Wisconsin woman, who was thought to be dead, surprised local police this week by turning up to claim her bike. Diane Kosar was riding through Kenosha when she is said to have suffered a brain aneurysm.

Kenosha News reports that Kosar was riding in HarborPark on September 19 when the incident took place. Witnesses thought that her wheels had got caught in streetcar tracks, causing her to fall. She was found lying on her stomach with the bicycle between her legs with a broken helmet on the ground next to her.

Emergency crews responded and took her to Kenosha Medical Center, where she was diagnosed with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. Police say they were told by a doctor that she was brain dead and as an organ donor, she was flown to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.

On September 28, the Kenosha Joint Services records division received a phone call requesting the police report for the incident. Two days later, Kosar herself turned up to claim it as well as her bike.

Kenosha police lieutenant Brad Hetlet said: “After we dealt with her at the hospital, we don’t know what happened. Since it appeared to be strictly a medical issue and there were no other vehicles involved in the accident, our involvement was over.”

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tatsky | 8 years ago
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Wouldn't it have been a good idea to, maybe, ask her what happened?

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Leeroy_Silk replied to tatsky | 8 years ago
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tatsky wrote:

Wouldn't it have been a good idea to, maybe, ask her what happened?

Don't be silly, that may have involved some actual policing  3

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aladdin pain | 8 years ago
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Eleven days after experiencing a brain aneurysm she's at the station to claim her bike? I want this person on my RAAM team.

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rogermerriman replied to aladdin pain | 8 years ago
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aladdin pain wrote:

Eleven days after experiencing a brain aneurysm she's at the station to claim her bike? I want this person on my RAAM team.

Quite! Took me months to recover enough to just pootle about on tow paths/parks after fractured skull and subdural and epidural hemotomas, best part of a year before I was riding something like proper rides.

At 11 days I couldn't make a cup of tea/cross road!

So yes kudos that assuming she really did have a brain aneurysm she was able to pick up her bike!

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Darksummer | 8 years ago
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To whom it may concern; rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated !

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geargrinderbeard | 8 years ago
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Isn't this in the home of the Kenosha Kickers?!?!? You know, they had a few hits - Polka Polka, Polka Twist etc. etc.

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