An Arizona bicyclist who sustained severe brain injury while competing in a race in Tucson has reached a $3.5 million settlement with Pima County and the organizers of El Tour de Tucson, The Arizona Star reported Tuesday.
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The settlement goes to Gary Stuebe, who was riding in the tour Nov. 22, 2008 when 91-year-old William Wilson made a turn and hit 10 bicyclists. Stuebe, 41 at the time of the accident, sustained life-threatening brain injury and four other riders were hurt.
Stuebe’s wife and the four injured bikers filed suit against Wilson, the race’s organizers, Sheriff Clarence Dupnik and Deputy Muriel McGillicuddy, who did traffic control at the race. All the plaintiffs have settled with Wilson for an undisclosed amount, and all but one have now settled with the county.
One remaining suit, filed by San Diego attorney Don English, is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 2.
In the accident Steube damaged his frontal and temporal lobes, had to have parts of his brain removed and was in a coma for 40 days. He now also has epilepsy.
Stuebe had been a senior inventory analyst for PetSmart, but because of his brain injuries he can’t return to that position.