JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — These days, Craig Hospital is like a second home to Korina Keating and her family.
Her husband, 44-year-old David Keating, remains hospitalized six weeks after a bicycle crash on Lookout Mountain.
“He’s making good progress, but slow progress,” Keating said about her husband. “That piece is really frustrating for him, being as fit as he was prior to the accident, to not being able to walk on his own for very long, is frustrating.”
On Dec. 16, David was cycling with two friends – coming downhill on Lookout Mountain. That’s when investigators say the drivers of two Mustangs, both driving aggressively uphill, crashed into the group and then left the scene. Keating suffered the most serious injuries.
Korina said her husband broke his femur bone and several ribs, suffered fractures in his neck and facial lacerations and has a severe traumatic brain injury. He’s learning to walk again, do household tasks and working through cognitive recovery, too.
“He does not remember the first several weeks after the accident, which is a blessing because it was a really difficult few weeks and he was in a lot of pain,” his wife said. “And I’m grateful that’s part of our brain’s protective factor.”
In the days after the crash, the Colorado State Patrol shared some information about suspect vehicles. They were looking for two drivers: One in a green 2001 Ford Mustang, which they believe hit the cyclists, and the driver of a blue 2006 Ford Mustang who was also driving aggressively up the hill.
As of this week, CSP said no one has been arrested yet. Anyone with information can call investigators at 303-239-4501 — the reference case is #1A233542.
“Nobody has been held accountable for hitting David. That piece has been stressful and frustrating,” Korina said. “I would love for somebody to be held accountable for their actions, although that’s not going to affect his healing at all, it would give us a little piece of mind.”
Korina said her husband is a big advocate for cycling safety, following rules, and carrying safety equipment on his bike. And yet, he’s the one that ended up in the hospital.
“Colorado is known for recreation. The answer isn’t to recreate less, the answer is for everybody – people cycling, hiking, doing whatever for recreation - and people that are in cars - to work together to create a safe environment so things like this don’t happen,” she said.
Friends, family and members of the cycling community have come together to support the Keating family during David's hospitalization. His family is optimistic he will be able to leave the hospital in a few more weeks, depending on his recovery progress. Korina said she's just taking things one day at a time.
"If I think too far ahead, it just gets really overwhelming. So I just plan for a day or two ahead of time and that’s about all I can do right now," she said.
"He wants to come home. He just wants to be home."
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