A Fairfax Mountain Bike Hall of Famer is in the hospital — unable to walk, talk or safely swallow food — after undergoing brain surgery following a bike accident in August.
Charlie Cunningham was riding by himself on Azalea Hill in Fairfax above the Meadow Club Golf Course when he crashed.
“He has no idea how he fell, whether he was hit by a hit-and-run driver or what,” said Jacquie Phelan, his wife and fellow Mountain Bike Hall of Famer. With broken bones and head trauma, Cunningham used his bike as a cane and made it to the parking lot, where he flagged down a motorist who drove him home, Phelan said. He was … More