ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – A 68-year-old well-known doctor died while riding his bike on Whitmore Lake Road in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
Family members say no one was around to see what’s currently being investigated as a freak bike accident on a road that Dr. Mark Oberdoerster navigated for more than three decades since moving to Ann Arbor. However, thanks to the compassion and care of a few fellow residents, his final moments weren’t spent alone.
“I wanted him to walk through the door, I wanted him back, and I wanted to put my arms around him again,” said his wife, Deborah Oberdoerster.
It’s a ride no one in Mark Oberdoerster’s family could have imagined would be his last.
“He’s always been an avid biker. I’ve biked the same route with him. I knew exactly where he was at when they told me the location because he and I had biked that area,” Deborah Oberdoerster said.
Deborah wasn’t biking with him on Saturday. Instead, total strangers dropped everything to try to save him, including one woman who prayed with the doctor to comfort him.