Bike seat leaves veteran with extreme internal injuries after hit-and-run

He spoke out about the terrible accident for the first time to News 3.

To save money and get exercise, Tony Jaime used to ride his bike to work while he was station in Portsmouth with the Coast Guard.

"I went to and from work on my bike ever since I had been in the Coast Guard," said Jaime.

He said he rode while stationed in Hawaii and continued to ride when he was stationed in Portsmouth.

He originally served in the Marine Corps for several years.

His life changed near the intersection of Frederick Blvd. and Turnpike Road when he was hit by a dump truck while riding his bike.

He was 30 years old at the time.

"I remember screaming my head off. Traffic stopped at that intersection," said Jaime.

He said several people circled around him and an off-duty officer who was sitting in traffic came to his rescue.

The dump truck driver took off.

Jaime laid on the ground with extreme injuries. He said his bike seat tore his buttocks open.

"When the dump truck tires ran over my bike, it yanked my bicycle seat into the backside of me," said Jaime. "I remember when I first started to try to crawl away; I couldn't. I was dragging my bike because it was stuck to me."

His was hospitalized for weeks with internal injuries along with damage to his ankle, hip, knee and several other places, but he said the injuries to his backside were the worst. For three months he would be forced to to undergo anesthesia twice a week so the doctors could clean out the gaping hole.