MORNING STARTING AT 430. >> MEANWHILE, NEW TONIGHT HERE AT SIX, A WEST BEND MAN STRANDED IN FRANCE. >> INJURED AND HOSPITALIZED AFTER GETTING HIT BY A BICYCLIST. >> THE ELBOW IS MAN RELATED. AND THE ARM. THE FOREARM IS ALSO BROKEN. SO I HAD TO HAVE MULTIPLE SURGERIES. >> BILL LONDON WAS ON A CRUISE RIGHT NEAR NICE, FRANCE. HE SAYS HE WAS HIT JANUARY 6TH WHILE TRYING TO CATCH A BUS BACK TO THE SHIP. NOW, HE TOLD US HE REACHED OUT TO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS GETTING THE BEST CARE, BUT HAS NOT HEARD BACK YET. HE ALSO SAYS THE CRUISE COMPANY HAS NOT CHECKED ON HIS WELFARE. >> HE’D HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, CRUISE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO YOU IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE CRUISE LINES WOULD JUST BASICALLY LEAVE YOU OFF AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO FEND FOR YOURSELF. >> LONDON SAYS HE DOES HAVE TRAVEL INSURANCE, BUT IS WAITING FOR MEDICAL CLEARANCE AND ARRANGEMENTS TO MAKE THA
West Bend man hit by a bike, hospitalized in France
Bill Lundin was injured in Jan. 6 crash
A West Bend man is in the hospital in France after being hit by a bicycle.Bill Lundin was on a cruise Jan. 6 when he was injured during a shore excursion in Nice, France. Lundin said he was hit while trying to catch a bus back to the ship.”A bicyclist out of nowhere came and just did not try to stop, just ran me over,” he said.Lundin said he has had several surgeries for his injuries. He is now waiting for medical clearance from doctors and arrangements from his insurance provider to return to the U.S. Lundin said the cruise operator has not checked on his welfare, and that his call to the U.S. State Department for help navigating the French health care system was not returned. “You have to be extremely careful if you’re on a cruise line or something, and something like this happens to you,” Lundin said. “Because these cruise lines will basically leave you off and you have to fend for yourself.”WISN 12 News reached out to Viking Cruises and the State Department for comment, but has not heard back.Top Headlines70-year-old woman accused of threatening students arrested againMilwaukee braces for potential ICE enforcement increase amid Minneapolis unrestKids locked in storage room: Jury finds Milwaukee father guilty of child neglectWATCH Milwaukee neighborhood shaken by deadly crash on southside
A West Bend man is in the hospital in France after being hit by a bicycle.
Bill Lundin was on a cruise Jan. 6 when he was injured during a shore excursion in Nice, France. Lundin said he was hit while trying to catch a bus back to the ship.
“A bicyclist out of nowhere came and just did not try to stop, just ran me over,” he said.
Lundin said he has had several surgeries for his injuries. He is now waiting for medical clearance from doctors and arrangements from his insurance provider to return to the U.S.
Lundin said the cruise operator has not checked on his welfare, and that his call to the U.S. State Department for help navigating the French health care system was not returned.
“You have to be extremely careful if you’re on a cruise line or something, and something like this happens to you,” Lundin said. “Because these cruise lines will basically leave you off and you have to fend for yourself.”
WISN 12 News reached out to Viking Cruises and the State Department for comment, but has not heard back.
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