The former executive director of Cardiff 101 Main Street who was was struck by a pickup truck while cycling in Leucadia will receive an $11 million settlement from the City of Encinitas over a personal injury lawsuit filed against the city.
According to the lawsuit filed, the former director, a longtime cycling advocate, was riding her bicycle in a lane on North Coast Highway 101 on December 8, 2018. A truck, which was heading southbound struck her from behind near the Phoebe Street intersection in front of the Leucadia Post Office, throwing her a significant distance away.
The impact of the collision was severe despite wearing a helmet. The woman was critically injured and briefly unconscious. She suffered catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injury, fractured skull, spinal and facial fractures, nine broken ribs, a broken clavicle and sacrum, subdural hematoma, and impaired mobility and cognition. She was also placed into a medically-induced coma and the injuries are reported to impact her for the rest of her life.
She underwent many emergency surgeries in the trauma center at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and also had an operation to replace a missing portion of her skull that was previously removed.
Thousands of people contributed to help her with rehabilitation and transition from the hospital and according to her attorney, she is working daily with her doctors and family to improve her medical condition.
