Mike Felger says he was airlifted off Nantucket after biking accident

Felger was airlifted to Massachusetts Common Hospital after a motorbike accident Saturday evening, he mentioned.

98.5’s Mike Felger was airlifted off of Nantucket to Massachusetts Common Hospital after a biking accident Saturday evening, he mentioned. Barry Chin

Michael Felger, of 98.5’s Felger and Mazz present, acquired backlash from listeners for lacking Monday’s broadcast. However, he revealed his surprising whereabouts throughout Tuesday’s version.

“I used to be within the hospital yesterday after getting airlifted off Nantucket,” Felger mentioned on the finish of Tuesday’s present, surprising his co-hosts. “It’s extra dramatic than it’s, thank God, however for about 12 to 18 hours, it was a bit of dramatic.”

“What?” co-host Jim Murray responded.

The radio host mentioned he was driving his bike on Nantucket Saturday evening and fell off the bike.

“It occurred in a blur,” he mentioned. “I cracked my neck on, I consider, the handlebars. I simply form of buckled and fell into the handlebars, and bam!”

Felger, who mentioned his neck was sore after the accident, didn’t go to the hospital till the following day after his daughter urged him to.

A CAT scan confirmed air pockets “in locations they shouldn’t have been” in Felger’s neck, he mentioned.

“I feel I’m going to get the x-ray, a clear invoice of well being, and stroll out of there, they usually mentioned, ‘No, we discovered these items, and we obtained to get you someplace fairly fast,’” Felger recounted.

Felger was airlifted to Massachusetts Common Hospital through helicopter in case he wanted surgical procedure.

“There was a 12 to 18 hour stretch there the place I didn’t know if I used to be throat surgical procedure, neck surgical procedure, or one thing like that,” he mentioned.

Michael Holley, a visitor on Tuesday’s present, mentioned he was glad Felger listened to his daughter and went to the hospital.

Felger ended up not needing surgical procedure, saying the medical doctors didn’t discover any injury to his neck after a number of checks.

Felger thanked the Nantucket hospital, Boston MedFlight, and Massachusetts Common Hospital medical doctors through the broadcast.

“Huge dumb Felger driving at midnight on little Nantucket streets, simply misplaced my steadiness,” he mentioned, including, “I’m a dope. I’m a giant dummy. It was all on me.”