{"id":386683,"date":"2026-09-01T01:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386683\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T01:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T01:16:08","slug":"orthopedic-surgeon-suffers-spinal-injury-after-driver-struck-him-while-cycling-on-rickenbacker-causeway-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386683\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthopedic surgeon suffers spinal injury after driver struck him while cycling on Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Dr. Gilbert Beauperthuy-Rojas, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcafloridahealthcare.com\/locations\/mercy-hospital\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.hcafloridahealthcare.com\/locations\/mercy-hospital\">orthopedic surgeon<\/a>, remained hospitalized on Monday afternoon after a driver struck him while he was cycling in Miami\u2019s Virginia Key. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/31\/cirujano-ortopedico-sufre-lesion-en-la-columna-tras-ser-atropellado-mientras-iba-en-bicicleta-por-rickenbacker-causeway-en-miami\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/31\/cirujano-ortopedico-sufre-lesion-en-la-columna-tras-ser-atropellado-mientras-iba-en-bicicleta-por-rickenbacker-causeway-en-miami\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami Fire Rescue personnel rushed Beauperthuy-Rojas, 63, to Jackson Memorial Hospital\u2019s Ryder Trauma Center after the collision on Saturday morning on the Rickenbacker Causeway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe has some liver and kidney lacerations. He had cuts all over his body. He has a spinal cord injury. So far, the indications are that he has no movement or ability to move from the waist down,\u201d said his brother-in-law, Carlos G. Mendia, of Key Biscayne. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mendia, 62, said Beauperthuy-Rojas, an avid cyclist who got him into cycling in 2010, was riding alone in the designated bicycle lane when the driver of a sports utility vehicle struck him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s extremely dangerous. I plead with the officials, public officials, to find a solution to this,\u201d Mendi said about the dangers of cycling on the Rickenbacker Causeway. \u201cThis is senseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">For decades, Beauperthuy-Rojas, of the HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, had been treating patients who had suffered from sports injuries and degenerative conditions. He is the former president of the Miami Orthopaedic Society. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey not only describe him as a great physician, but a great person,\u201d Henry Garcia, a spokesman for the HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, said about his colleagues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Miami Police Department was still investigating the cause of the crash on Monday afternoon. The driver was cooperating, according to police. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 Dr. Gilbert Beauperthuy-Rojas, an orthopedic surgeon, remained hospitalized on Monday afternoon after a driver struck him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-386683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}