Tyler wants his pain to be cautionary tale
FIVE months after Tyler Peace was flung from his motorbike when hit by a car at the Orton St and Presidents Avenue intersection, he is still recovering from his injuries.
He’s been through multiple surgeries to screw and plate the bones broken during the accident in April, and faces further surgery to repair ligaments in his knee.
Mr Peace is now back on his feet after he spent almost three months in a wheelchair with pins mending his broken pelvis.
Constant physiotherapy is slowly mending sore muscles and joints which still limit his movement — particularly in his arm, which he still cannot straighten.
“I had a plate put in my elbow, which is still in there,” Mr Peace said.
“I had a screw put through the side of my hip to hold my sacrum to my tailbone, then I had a supporting bar stuck (outside my body) in the front for two-and-a-half months.
“I couldn’t roll over while I was laying down so I was starting to get pretty sick of it by the end.
“There is definitely some long-term issues that I will have.”
In light of his injuries, Mr Peace is calling for a swift safety upgrade at the intersection to prevent others going through the pain he has endured.
“It’s not a very good intersection (in terms of safety), all the locals know to avoid it,” Mr Peace.
He said a temporary sign on Orton St warning drivers of the intersection should be installed while authorities work out the best solution for a safety upgrade.
“If they could make people that aren’t local more aware that it is a dangerous intersection, that would be great.”