Childhood Victim of TBI Dies in Charity Bike Ride Accident
As a child, Lee Anne Barry suffered a traumatic brain injury after being hit by a car and spent several months in a coma and underwent brain surgery. This was a lot for a little girl to survive let alone an adult. On Sunday, Oct 21st she was again struck by a van, at the age of 43, but this time it killed her. She was riding in a two month bicycle charity tour across the country to raise awareness for the very injury she suffered as a child, traumatic brain injury. She was killed during the final leg of the ride into South Carolina. The charity group is know as B.I.G. which stands for Brain Injury’s Greatest Journey that she founded in 2001 to raise awareness of TBI and bicycle safety. The tour began August 28th in Seattle, went through 21 states and covered more than 6000 miles before ending in Charlotte, N.C.
