A stalled pace motorcycle led to a stalled beginning last night at the Red Hook Crik bike race in Brooklyn, leading to a restart for the event you've probably never heard of. Soon afterward the 85 competing cyclists had to head back to the starting line, minus the seven who were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Here's a first-person view of the carnage from one of the riders involved:
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