Dave Richards was enjoying a sunny afternoon bike ride with two friends near Mere, England on July 21, 2021. The 75-year-old grandfather had no idea his life was about to change in the worst way possible. A drunk driver racing down the road while using his phone crashed into the group of cyclists. Richards’ two friends got thrown off their bikes and landed away from the car, but Richards was not so lucky. He got stuck under the vehicle.
What happened next was terrible. The car dragged Richards along the road. One side of his body got crushed under the weight of the car while the other side burned from the hot engine and exhaust pipe. The burns covered half his face, including his eye, nose, and neck. He also broke several ribs and hurt his back and pelvis badly. Doctors tried hard to save his eye, but they worried an infection might travel through the optic nerve to his brain. They had to remove it.
