Cyclist shot during race in British Columbia, makes tourniquet from pants while fleeing
Just before 1 a.m. Sunday during an overnight cycling race in British Columbia, Canada, gun shots rang out.
Cyclist Craig Premack thought it was firecrackers until he felt a sharp pain in his arm and saw blood rushing down.
The 59-year-old was participating in a two-day cycling event called the Cache Creek 600 when he was hit by the gunfire.
"It was almost like a bad dream. I looked down and I could feel the blood. My goodness, I've been shot. I've really been shot. And all I could think was, 'Get away,'" said Premack in a news conference Tuesday.
As he was getting away, Premack crafted a tourniquet out of a pair of pants while he waited for help.
He said he was on his own for about 20 minutes after being hit before other cyclists caught up to him.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that they believe the shooting was a random event and that they are still searching for the perpetrators.
(h/t The Globe and Mail)
