Ouch! Pro Runner Steps Into Michigan Pothole, Breaks Leg
FLINT, Mich. (CBS DETROIT/ AP) — There's more evidence of Michigan's woeful roads: A champion runner says he fractured a leg bone when he stepped into a pothole during a 10-mile race in Flint.
Chris Derrick, posted a photo of his right leg on Instagram.
The three-time U.S. Cross Country champion says he was running in a pack Saturday and couldn't see the ground ahead of him.
Derrick says he "landed perfectly on the edge of a big ol' pothole" and fractured his fibula during the Crim Festival of Races.
Race officials apologized and said it was an honor to have him.
Derrick hopes to compete in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in February.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has proposed a higher gas tax to fix Michigan's roads but hasn't reached a deal with the Republican-led Legislature.
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