Biker hit by cabbie hurt worse than first reported

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, June, 2009 | by ST. JOHN BARNED-SMITH sbarned-smith@phillynews.com 215-854-5926

The 29-year-old cyclist who was hit by a taxi that then sped off early Tuesday was injured more severely than police initially reported, her mother said yesterday.

Amanda Gillern, of South Philadelphia, is still at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with a punctured lung and broken neck, leg and ribs, said her mother, Sherri Gillern, of Dickson City, Lackawanna County.

"She got pretty banged up," Gillern said. "Thank God she's alive and not paralyzed."

Jefferson spokesman Rick Cushman confirmed that Amanda Gillern was still at the hospital in fair condition, but would not list her injuries.

Police said Tuesday that Gillern had received minor injuries on the line of bumps and bruises when a taxi struck her as she was riding her bike on Broad Street near...