Member of Life Cycle community hit by car!

Mark McLaughlan joined us for Life Cycle for CanTeen 2009.
Mark is fairly quiet, but you'll probably remember him as the living artwork (heavily tattood) who rode a recumbant bike.

Mark has had his fair share of hard times over the years and spent some time very close to "rock bottom" in Kings Cross, Sydney but he recently celebrated 17 years away from that side of life.

Mark is a good friend of long time Life Cycle supporter, Frans Karel (owner of Bikeforce - Woodvale) and Frans tells us that Mark raved about doing Life Cycle.

Mark's past life has left him with a legacy of poor health issues that prevent him driving and he usually relies on his mountain bike as his form of transport. On Thursday June 11 he was heading to work when at 6:40am he was hit by a 4WD whose driver didn't see him. Incidentally, before we get angry at the 4WD owner he has been devasted by the injuries he has caused Mark and is doing everything he can to help him.

See this link http://wanneroo.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Cyclist-injured-in-accident/7528115/

Mark is (at the time of writing) in Royal Perth hospital - Ward 7A and has been overwhelmed and inspired by the number of unexpected visitors he has had. His injuries included a shattered pelvis, left leg and collarbone. At one stage it looked like he might lose a leg. Mark still has a long way to go with his recovery but he has already set himself a goal of getting well enough to ride in next year's Life Cycle for CanTeen!!

If you've got a chance to drop into RPH and see Mark let him know you're a member of the Life Cycle for CanTeen community. We know that Mark and his fiance, Ainslee will really appreciate the support.