Motorcyclist: I said to myself today is the day I die

Motofool · July 19th, 2014, 05:32 PM

http://wane.com/2014/07/18/motorcycl...the-day-i-die/

"FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Most people probably don’t use the words happy or ecstatic after being involved in an accident. Those, however, are both feelings one man in Fort Wayne said he has after he was the victim of a hit and run last week.

Anthony Oliveri, 47, has been riding motorcycles for more than thirty years. He said last Friday seemed like any other ordinary summer night.

“I had just taken off from the light, and it was a nice 70 degree night that night. I just left from the light there and headed down the road. The last thing in my thought process was anything like this. Then, it just happened. I remember it happened so fast,” Oliveri said.

Oliveri was riding his motorcycle to the Rally’s on Jefferson when police said Prionda Hill hit him with her car. Police said she not only ran over the bike, but also Oliveri.

“I remember it happened and I didn’t quite know what was going on for a split second. As I grabbed the handle bars as the bike was losing control and I looked back around my left shoulder, all I see is her tire and the left bumper getting ready to run my face over. Literally I was inches from that bumper and I just said to myself today is the day I die. I just shut my eyes and said if this is the way that God wants to do it then I guess that this is the way we’re going to do it,” Oliveri said.

He has a lengthy list of injuries including road rash and a set of broken ribs.

“She rolled over the bike and she rolled over me and everything and I just figured that was it. Then, when I felt the pain of my bike of sliding on the back of the road. I was like, wait, I feel pain, that means I’m still alive. I look up and look down at my feet and think well my legs are still connected. When I felt the pain as funny as it is, at that point in time, I was happy because not ten seconds earlier I thought I was dead. At that point I was just ecstatic to be alive to be honest with you,” Oliveri said.

Several retired nurses were first on the scene to help Oliveri. He was taken to Lutheran Hospital. He said the bruises and road rash on his back look like a heart and angel wings. Oliveri’s fiance doesn’t think that’s any sort of coincidence, either.

“When he came into the emergency room, the bruise on the top of his back was shaped like a heart. When we got him up to his room, his bruise on his back, and even now, is shaped like angel wings. Even the nurses said that. His guardian angel was watching over him, and she gave him her wings. Then she went on vacation, because he’s put her through the ringer,” Oliveri’s fiance said.

Oliveri got out of the hospital on Tuesday and is now recovering. He said he still has a lot of swelling and bruising.

“There’s a long road here for recovery, and I don’t even know what I’m going to have to go through yet in the interim of getting back to normal,” Oliveri said.

Police later found the driver of the car, Prionda Hill, at the Rally’s several blocks down the road from where she hit Oliveri. She told police “she was driving and out of no where God told her that he would take it from here and she let go of the wheel and let him take it.” She’s now facing several charges.

Both Oliveri and his mother said they hope the crash creates more awareness for motorcycles on the road.

“People stop for squirrels, they stop for chipmunks, who would not stop for a human being,” Francesca Oliveri, said.

“Look twice, we’re out there. Realize hey you’re in a car, we’re not,” Oliveri said.

Oliveri said he has a long road to recovery ahead of him, but he is planning on riding motorcycles again as soon as he is able to do so."

antiant · July 19th, 2014, 05:44 PM

More reasons to ride with a camera. Also, noticed road rash being mentioned, a good reason to wear good gear as well.

guambra2001 · July 19th, 2014, 05:50 PM

That's insane. She should face serious criminal charges and freaking jail time. That's just ludicrous.

Sirref · July 19th, 2014, 05:53 PM

I thought this was down south when I read the woman's statement until I re-read the location

pjcloninger · July 19th, 2014, 05:58 PM

Jesus take the wheel...

...Lunatic.

Sirref · July 19th, 2014, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjcloninger

Jesus take the wheel...

...Lunatic.

wanna bet this was playing on the radio?

Link to original page on YouTube.

capt_bugaloo · July 19th, 2014, 06:44 PM

If her defence is that voices told her to let go of the wheel, she sounds like she needs to be locked up in a psychiatric ward for evaluation.

Finesse · July 19th, 2014, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirref

I thought this was down south when I read the woman's statement until I re-read the location

LOL you must not have been to Indiana..

What a nightmare.

N-m · July 20th, 2014, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finesse

LOL you must not have been to Indiana..

What a nightmare.

I'll take IN over DC any day of the week.

ally99 · July 20th, 2014, 05:10 AM

That must be a helluvan evil God to take the wheel and direct the car on top of a bike and its rider.

capt_bugaloo · July 20th, 2014, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by N-m

I'll take IN over DC any day of the week.

There's no need to be rude to Finesse - she wasn't the one driving the car.

NevadaWolf · July 20th, 2014, 07:36 AM

Since he now has angel wings, maybe a good story could be written of a vengeful demon convincing a sap to let go of a steering wheel to take out a good man and an angel protecting him. (Yes I watch too much Supernatural).

Glad he is alive and relatively OK. Glad she was found and incriminated herself. Moron doesn't cover it.

Daks · July 20th, 2014, 02:15 PM

there's that saying that goes "don't ride faster than your angels can fly" but I guess you still need to make sure you ride faster than Jesus because he'll run your ass down

N-m · July 20th, 2014, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capt_bugaloo

There's no need to be rude to Finesse - she wasn't the one driving the car.

Finesse was being rude to my people in IN, so there you go.

JohnnyBravo · July 20th, 2014, 06:33 PM

That's one whale of a tale... I hope Jesus don't run no wheels over me

ForceofWill · July 20th, 2014, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daks

there's that saying that goes "don't ride faster than your angels can fly" but I guess you still need to make sure you ride faster than Jesus because he'll run your ass down

I loled

melfice · July 20th, 2014, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capt_bugaloo

There's no need to be rude to Finesse - she wasn't the one driving the car.

You're right bro, it was Jesus apparently. Lol.

In all seriousness, the lady in the vehicle should get hit with a car.

jcgss77 · July 21st, 2014, 06:55 PM

A lot of what you hear has to be taken with a grain of salt, especially when it is a defense. In cases like this, when people say that God told them this or God told them that, they are saying it because they are guilty of something and they are trying to get off on a type of insanity deal, or just try to not look bad and deflect the topic to something else. When the truth is they were either being ignorant or deviant, and this case looks like ignorant, which is 99% of motorcycle accidents.

God would never tell someone to do something stupid. And what she did was stupid. She deserves everything which comes her way.

July 19th, 2014, 05:32 PM	#1
Motofool Daily Ninjette rider Name: Hernan Location: Florida Join Date: Mar 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2007 Ninja 250 Posts: A lot. MOTY - 2016, MOTM - Dec '12, Jan '14, Jan '15, May '16	Motorcyclist: I said to myself today is the day I die http://wane.com/2014/07/18/motorcycl...the-day-i-die/ "FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Most people probably don’t use the words happy or ecstatic after being involved in an accident. Those, however, are both feelings one man in Fort Wayne said he has after he was the victim of a hit and run last week. Anthony Oliveri, 47, has been riding motorcycles for more than thirty years. He said last Friday seemed like any other ordinary summer night. “I had just taken off from the light, and it was a nice 70 degree night that night. I just left from the light there and headed down the road. The last thing in my thought process was anything like this. Then, it just happened. I remember it happened so fast,” Oliveri said. Oliveri was riding his motorcycle to the Rally’s on Jefferson when police said Prionda Hill hit him with her car. Police said she not only ran over the bike, but also Oliveri. “I remember it happened and I didn’t quite know what was going on for a split second. As I grabbed the handle bars as the bike was losing control and I looked back around my left shoulder, all I see is her tire and the left bumper getting ready to run my face over. Literally I was inches from that bumper and I just said to myself today is the day I die. I just shut my eyes and said if this is the way that God wants to do it then I guess that this is the way we’re going to do it,” Oliveri said. He has a lengthy list of injuries including road rash and a set of broken ribs. “She rolled over the bike and she rolled over me and everything and I just figured that was it. Then, when I felt the pain of my bike of sliding on the back of the road. I was like, wait, I feel pain, that means I’m still alive. I look up and look down at my feet and think well my legs are still connected. When I felt the pain as funny as it is, at that point in time, I was happy because not ten seconds earlier I thought I was dead. At that point I was just ecstatic to be alive to be honest with you,” Oliveri said. Several retired nurses were first on the scene to help Oliveri. He was taken to Lutheran Hospital. He said the bruises and road rash on his back look like a heart and angel wings. Oliveri’s fiance doesn’t think that’s any sort of coincidence, either. “When he came into the emergency room, the bruise on the top of his back was shaped like a heart. When we got him up to his room, his bruise on his back, and even now, is shaped like angel wings. Even the nurses said that. His guardian angel was watching over him, and she gave him her wings. Then she went on vacation, because he’s put her through the ringer,” Oliveri’s fiance said. Oliveri got out of the hospital on Tuesday and is now recovering. He said he still has a lot of swelling and bruising. “There’s a long road here for recovery, and I don’t even know what I’m going to have to go through yet in the interim of getting back to normal,” Oliveri said. Police later found the driver of the car, Prionda Hill, at the Rally’s several blocks down the road from where she hit Oliveri. She told police “she was driving and out of no where God told her that he would take it from here and she let go of the wheel and let him take it.” She’s now facing several charges. Both Oliveri and his mother said they hope the crash creates more awareness for motorcycles on the road. “People stop for squirrels, they stop for chipmunks, who would not stop for a human being,” Francesca Oliveri, said. “Look twice, we’re out there. Realize hey you’re in a car, we’re not,” Oliveri said. Oliveri said he has a long road to recovery ahead of him, but he is planning on riding motorcycles again as soon as he is able to do so." __________________________________________________ *Motofool* *.................................Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly* "Mankind is composed of two sorts of men — those who love and create, and those who hate and destroy. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world." - José Martí

July 19th, 2014, 05:53 PM	#4
Sirref Private Joker Name: Ben Location: Towson, MD Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): '99/'01 Ninja 250 "sketchy", '13 Ninja 300 "yoshi", '03 GSXR 600 "merlin" Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '14	I thought this was down south when I read the woman's statement until I re-read the location __________________________________________________ I see you over there seeing me, do you see the me I think you see?

July 19th, 2014, 05:58 PM	#5
pjcloninger ninjette.org member Name: Patrick Location: Knoxville Join Date: May 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 250r Posts: 16	Jesus take the wheel......Lunatic.
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July 19th, 2014, 06:44 PM	#7
capt_bugaloo motorcycle rider Name: Bruce Location: Victoria, BC Join Date: Apr 2009 Motorcycle(s): '14 Yamaha V-Star 650 Custom (silver) Posts: A lot.	If her defence is that voices told her to let go of the wheel, she sounds like she needs to be locked up in a psychiatric ward for evaluation. __________________________________________________ '14 Yamaha V-Star 650 Custom (silver)

July 20th, 2014, 05:10 AM	#10
ally99 Ninja chick Name: Allyson Location: Athens, GA Join Date: Jun 2009 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 4 MOTM - Dec '13, Feb '15	That must be a helluvan evil God to take the wheel and direct the car on top of a bike and its rider. __________________________________________________ Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination. ~Drake Check out my Appalachian Trail journal, 2015! Postwhores are COOL! ~Allyson

July 19th, 2014, 05:44 PM	#2
antiant antiant Name: antiant Location: Cali Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): None Posts: A lot. MOTM - Oct '14	More reasons to ride with a camera. Also, noticed road rash being mentioned, a good reason to wear good gear as well.

July 19th, 2014, 05:50 PM	#3
guambra2001 ZX-3T/R Name: Andres Location: Colorado Springs, CO Join Date: Mar 2014 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 300 Posts: 23	That's insane. She should face serious criminal charges and freaking jail time. That's just ludicrous.

July 20th, 2014, 07:36 AM	#12
NevadaWolf Certified looney toon Name: Teri Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV) Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 16 MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14	Since he now has angel wings, maybe a good story could be written of a vengeful demon convincing a sap to let go of a steering wheel to take out a good man and an angel protecting him. (Yes I watch too much Supernatural). Glad he is alive and relatively OK. Glad she was found and incriminated herself. Moron doesn't cover it. __________________________________________________ <-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow.

July 20th, 2014, 02:15 PM	#13
Daks Jersey Devil Name: Daks Location: Austin, TX Join Date: Oct 2012 Motorcycle(s): '06 Ninja 250 Posts: 469	there's that saying that goes "don't ride faster than your angels can fly" but I guess you still need to make sure you ride faster than Jesus because he'll run your ass down __________________________________________________ ~Riding like a grandma because I wanna ride as a grandma~
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July 20th, 2014, 06:33 PM	#15
JohnnyBravo Certifiable nontundrum Name: Harper Location: NC Milkshake stand Join Date: Mar 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2013 SE NINJA 300 Posts: Too much. MOTM - Sep '13, Sep '16	That's one whale of a tale... I hope Jesus don't run no wheels over me

July 21st, 2014, 06:55 PM	#18
jcgss77 Its not a 250,its a Ninja Name: Shaun Location: Little Rock, AR Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): '11 CBR250R, '22 CFMOTO 300NK Posts: 278	A lot of what you hear has to be taken with a grain of salt, especially when it is a defense. In cases like this, when people say that God told them this or God told them that, they are saying it because they are guilty of something and they are trying to get off on a type of insanity deal, or just try to not look bad and deflect the topic to something else. When the truth is they were either being ignorant or deviant, and this case looks like ignorant, which is 99% of motorcycle accidents. God would never tell someone to do something stupid. And what she did was stupid. She deserves everything which comes her way.

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