I was biking at night behind a chubby guy who was riding an EcoBici on a dirt road. His bike bounced in a depression on the road, and he was thrown off the bike and into a ditch to the side of the road. He got up quickly and looked back at me, obviously embarrassed at this fall.

I asked if he was OK, but he didn’t respond, instead he seemed to get on his bike as quickly as possible, but in the process he tripped and while trying to recover, went head first against a wall on the other side of the road. He seemed stunned but quickly recovered and went back to his bike stumbling.

I was concerned and got off my bike to soothe him. I said “hey don’t worry, calm down, let’s make sure everything is OK”, but he assured everything was fine. I looked at him closely and saw a gash on the side of his head, from which he was bleeding. I patted myself down to see if I had anything to cover his wound, but I didn’t.