Left For Dead

On October 22nd, 2021 I was left for dead in a hit & run incident on I-70. My name is Michael T. Beers & I'm asking for support & help to get my life back. I've always been a self-sufficient individual who works hard & loves harder but on October 22nd my life took a turn for the worse. While riding my Motorcycle out to Bennett/ Strasburg, my phone that I was using for navigation blew off my handle bars. It was between 8 and 8:30 pm and extremely dark. I parked my bike on the left hand shoulder of I-70, grabbed a flashlight, & carefully walked back to see if I could find it. I walked back 3/4 of a mile with my flashlight searching before I gave up, turned around, and started to walk back to my motorcycle. Within 10-20 steps heard a horn blaring at me, head lights crossing into the shoulder at a sharp angle, & as I turned to see what was veering at me, I was hit and knocked many feet, then left for dead. Needless to say, my life from then on has been a constant struggle & something I wouldn't even wish on my worst of enemies. I may never be able to work again from the physical damage, emotionally I'm a wreck, & as you may have guessed no one has been held accountable for this crime. So far I have undergone one surgery with a promise of more to come & though I have had a few people in my corner for support, the anxiety, stress, & fear have become overwhelming & unbearable and my motorcycle is still in impound and I have no way to pay for it or future medical expenses. Questions like how will I pay my rent, will I ever be able to work again doing what I've done for the last 10 years, what kind of future problems, surgeries, & rehabs are in my future, & will I ever be the same,? literally keep me up at night. The only thing that is certain in my life right now is the un-certainty of my future.

My right wrist is badly broken, the bones of my right arm came out the side of my arm (now held together by a plate and 8 painful screws) , five of my ribs were broken and severely misplaced, my L1 vertebrae is acutely broken and misplaced. With many months of rehabilitation ahead of me, & the possibility of reconstructive surgeries for both my arm and my spine ahead, I was instructed to swallow my pride & think realistically about the help I desperately need. I hate being told I can't do something & in the past I have always taken those words as a challenge but this time when doctors told me I wouldn't be able to work for at least a year & maybe never the same type of work again, it hit different. I would like to think that everything will be ok & that I have everything under control but the truth of the matter is...hope, resolutions, & solutions are hard to come by these days. Anything will help even it is advice or positive inspiration. My name is Michael T. Beers & on October 22, 2021... I was left for dead.