Crime & Safety
Bicyclist Suffers a Broken Leg in Accident on Arsenal Street in Watertown
The Cambridge woman reportedly got her handlebar tangled with a car's mirror, sending her flying.
A 25-year-old Cambridge woman suffered a serious broken leg Friday morning at around 9 a.m. when she reportedly got her bicycle's handlebar tangled with the mirror of a car.
The woman flew over her bicycle and broke her right lower leg, said Watertown Deputy Fire Chief Rob Iannett.
"She had a compound fracture of her leg - the bone was almost poking through the skin," Iannetta said. "She was alert and never lost consciousness."
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Paramedics took her to Beth Israel Hospital to be treated, Iannetta said.
She was riding across the bridge on Arsenal Street between Brighton and Watertown.
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