Sisters woman healing after biking collision

Carol Moorehead is resting at home in Tollgate after having surgery to repair her right hip, broken when a car collided with her bicycle in Redmond, June 3.

Moorehead, who operates the North Campus of Central Oregon Community College, was returning from the campus to Sisters, on Yew Avenue, when a car made a left turn right into her.

She was thrown across the intersection into a ditch, landing on her right hip.

"The ball on the hip was forced inward and kind of smashed the socket," Moorehead said.

She also suffered a deep gash on her left leg.

Because the hip injury was unusual, doctors at Central Oregon District Hospital sent her to a specialist at Meridian Park Hospital in Portland.

She was flown there in a

fixed-wing craft on Thursday, June 4, and underwent surgery to repair the hip socket

with a metal plate on Friday, June 5.

Moorehead was released to come home on Sunday.

According to Moorehead, her surgeon believed that, "if you're going to sit around doing nothing, you might as well do it at home."

Moorehead faces a six-month recovery period, but is expected to return fully to her accustomed athletic activities.

Moorehead, who formerly ran the Sisters COCC Center, said that she has received a tremendous amount of support from people in Sisters.

"I feel very fortunate to have the injuries not be worse and also to have the kind of support that a community like Sisters offers," she said.