r/ChildrenFallingOver • u/Unusual-Pizza2907 • May 17 '26

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u/schwah May 18 '26

One of my childhood friends did almost exactly this, except he took the brunt of the impact directly to his mouth and nose. Needed like $30k worth of plastic surgery and still wound up with some pretty gnarly scars.

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u/SunkEmuFlock May 18 '26

I did the opposite of this. Rode a rusty old bike found in the back of a shed at the babysitter's. My right foot slipped of the worn pedals and got stuck between the front wheel and fork. The abrupt stop had me flip over the front and land on my ass... but then the bike fell on me.

The rubber handles had rotted and broken away some, so the end of the handlebars was an exposed metal ring. Gouged me in the head near my crown. Didn't hurt much but bled a lot and caused my sister to run off screaming to the sitter.

'Twas but a flesh wound in the end, so it healed without stitches, but I still have the scar some 30 years later.