bike accident
Woman seriously injured in South Lake Tahoe bike accident
Submitted by paula on Sun, 06/02/2019 - 7:04pm
11:00 p.m. UPDATE: The woman injured in Sunday's bike accident reports no broken bones, a few stitches and is a bit sore.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - A 39-year-old woman from Auburn, California is currently at Barton Hospital after an accident in front of the Grocery Outlet Store in South Lake Tahoe Sunday evening.
The woman was riding a small electric bicycle in a westerly direction on the sidewalk when she apparently lost control of the bike on loose gravel, causing her to fall onto the roadway where she was hit by a car, according to South Lake Tahoe Police Sgt. Jason Cheney.
Letters: Noise from SnowGlobe is too much
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/13/2018 - 6:16pm
The following is a "Letter to the Editor" received by South Tahoe Now:
This isn’t easy to talk about. The backlash has been very hurtful and without compassion. I’m not against SnowGlobe, but the idea of having several festivals a year as things are now, is just not something I can endure.
South Lake Tahoe teen airlifted to Renown after bicycle accident
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/11/2015 - 6:02pmAn 18-year-old male was airlifted to Renown Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon after being hit by a car on Ski Run Blvd.
The teen, who had recently moved to South Lake Tahoe, was riding his bike southbound near Spruce Drive just before 4 p.m. when he made a left hand turn into the path of a northbound car driven by a South Lake Tahoe woman.
The unidentified cyclist hit the front of the car on the driver's side. He was airlifted with undisclosed injuries.
The driver of the car was uninjured and is cooperating with police.
Matt Marhefka Benefit
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/14/2014 - 7:06am
Event Date:
November 1, 2014 - 1:00pm On August 26, 2014, South Lake Tahoe resident Matthew Marhefka was in a serious dirt bike accident and suffered a broken neck which resulted in his being paralyzed from the neck down.
He recently had neck surgery and the results were successful. His spine is now stable but due to the severe spinal cord injury he remains paralyzed from the neck down. According to family friends, the doctors have hope that he could possibly regain feeling and or movement to his hands and arms.
