Margaret ''Peggie'' Blais stood behind her beloved three-wheeled, pink and black motorcycle last summer. An accident on the bike last week in Danvers injured her right arm in multiple places, broke her left leg, and caused severe facial lacerations.
(Landon Blais/File)
At 80, she's still roaring up the road
Age and crashes can't stop biker
Margaret ''Peggie'' Blais stood behind her beloved three-wheeled, pink and black motorcycle last summer. An accident on the bike last week in Danvers injured her right arm in multiple places, broke her left leg, and caused severe facial lacerations.
(Landon Blais/File)
At the scene of her motorcycle crash last week, 80-year-old Margaret "Peggie" Blais, covered in blood, hobbled by broken bones, and laying on her back between two guardrails, made a simple request to the hovering paramedics: Don't cut off her leather jacket. (Full article: 880 words)
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