Aptos cyclist dies in Santa Cruz accident.

On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 7:36:16 PM UTC-8, news18 wrote:
On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:48:36 -0600, AMuzi wrote:

On 11/7/2019 5:35 PM, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 15:04:06 -0800 (PST), Tom Kunich
wrote:

On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 10:24:19 AM UTC-8, pH wrote:
A local cyclist ended up off the cliffs in Santa Cruz and died in the
process.

I see cyclists hop the fence along the West Cliff Drive multi-use
path to ride along trails closer to the ocean all the time.

So don't know if accident, suicide, etcetera. He owned Bobcat
Bicycles in Salinas and I saw his work van down in Aptos all the time
but never met the man.

Bummer.
pH in Aptos


https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/20...yclist-killed-
identified-as-salinas-business-owner/

Why do you suppose they used the medical term of appositional asphyxia
instead of saying he broke his neck in the fall?

You are making things up again. The term "appositional asphyxia" was
not used in that news article.
--
cheers,

John B.


Well, nearly right:
"A Coroner’s Office autopsy determined Bradfield’s cause of death was
positional asphyxia,"

Obstruction to the airway as opposed to severed spine stopping heart
signals?

Tell us all about why a heart needs the spinal chord to continue to beat.

On Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 3:07:02 PM UTC-8, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 7:36:16 PM UTC-8, news18 wrote:
On Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:48:36 -0600, AMuzi wrote:

On 11/7/2019 5:35 PM, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 15:04:06 -0800 (PST), Tom Kunich
wrote:

On Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 10:24:19 AM UTC-8, pH wrote:
A local cyclist ended up off the cliffs in Santa Cruz and died in the
process.

I see cyclists hop the fence along the West Cliff Drive multi-use
path to ride along trails closer to the ocean all the time.

So don't know if accident, suicide, etcetera. He owned Bobcat
Bicycles in Salinas and I saw his work van down in Aptos all the time
but never met the man.

Bummer.
pH in Aptos


https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/20...yclist-killed-
identified-as-salinas-business-owner/

Why do you suppose they used the medical term of appositional asphyxia
instead of saying he broke his neck in the fall?

You are making things up again. The term "appositional asphyxia" was
not used in that news article.
--
cheers,

John B.


Well, nearly right:
"A Coroner’s Office autopsy determined Bradfield’s cause of death was
positional asphyxia,"

Obstruction to the airway as opposed to severed spine stopping heart
signals?

Tell us all about why a heart needs the spinal chord to continue to beat.

Actually, the heart doesn't need the spinal cord to beat. Heart beat is regulated by the vagus nerve which is a cranial nerve and is not part of the spinal cord. The vagus nerve follows the carotid artery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve We do need the spinal cord to breathe, however. And a high thoracic or cervical spinal cord injury will have effects on the heart through the parasympathetic nervous system but not heart failure.

-- Jay Beattie.