Diego Rico said he’s lucky to be alive after being one of the nine cyclists who were hit by a car in early January along A1A in Gulf Stream.
“I remember flipping and just looking up. I could see the pavement,” Rico said. “I said, ‘I’m here, I’m alive.'”
The 37-year-old man is now in a wheelchair while he recovers.
“I had 20 stitches on my knee, then I got a shattered pelvis, then I got a major tear in the rotator cuff,” Rico said.
WPTVHe brought along his cycling kit he was wearing the day of the crash, showing its rips, tears and blood stains.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol the driver was a 77-year-old woman who had a seizure, epilepsy or blacked out.
Rico said he has not heard from the woman.
“Do you have a message for her?” asked WPTV reporter Joel Lopez.
“At this point, I don’t even know what to ask the lady,” Rico said. “We would like to see her get off the roads because of what happened to us. We feel lucky to be here, but you know maybe the next group of cyclists might not be too lucky.”