The Simon Tonekham Statesman

“At least you got another pick up line, I got hit by a car…” - Billy “Fish” O’Neill

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I stumbled upon the Rollernews.com website and they have posted an “exclusive” look on the Billy “Fish” O’Neill incident and they were able to film the whole events unfolding to Fish’s sudden hit by a car when he and his Conference crew was in Barcelona for a special promotional tour back in February.

Before the incident unfolded, Billy talked to his film crew about that he did a “180″ on his first try and to do some trick called the “G-Style” or something like that. However, his crew told him to do the 180 and he complied to his film crew’s orders.

Without further ado, he began to jump two flights of stairs in the air and he attempted to stop, but fortunately he didn’t. He winds up at the middle of the street and from the middle of nowhere – a car suddenly hit him outright.

The film crew immediately reacted to this so they immediately rushed to Billy to see if he is Okay. Billy was screaming in pain and the film crew tried to calm Billy down and they quote to him, “Don’t move. We’ll get some help.” Local bystanders were there to witness the action unfolding.

The local law enforcement officials arrived at the scene briefly after the incident. One of the film crew asked Billy if his ankle got sprained. Billy replied that he broke it. During the immense conversation, one of the film crew mentions in his own commentary to Billy that “He is Superman.” From my point of view, it’s not that humourous, but it cheers Billy up.

One of the bystanders told Billy to “Try to relax.” They offer him a chair to sit down and asks Billy to keep still. Billy tries to stay still until the emergency crews arrive. Shortly after, emergency crews arrived at the scene. Another member of the film crew mentions about the incident and quote, “This (censored) is (censored) nuts, dude. That was the worst thing I ever seen in my life.”

Emergency crews rushed to the injured Billy and tries to feel his sprained ankle. As she began to touch at it, Billy shrieks. From there, he is brought into a stretcher and taken into the hospital. What an incredible ordeal that Billy has to live up to. He will probably remember this for the rest of his life.

Before the end of the video, Billy began to film himself with his crutches and dances. That was the most humourous part of this particular video.

Shortly after the particular footage was filmed, it was spreading like wildfire – even the Canadian Roll blog and the Rollernews.com website made a mention about this as well.
Billy, if you are reading my blog right now, I have decided to gain some recognition of you for your horrific ordeal. Don’t take my comments seriously, I want to give a second opinion into my own perspective. I hope you will understand it by now.

To close off this blog, I’m leaving you a music video from a Canadian band called, Social Code. Their song is called, “Everyday (Late November)”. This music video is reminiscent to Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”. If you scroll down to 02:19 and 02:53 of the Social Code music video, a quote is dedicated exclusively to you, Billy “Fish” O’Neill. Best wishes on your recovery, dude.

Social Code – “Everyday [Late Novemember]“:

Billy “Fish” O’Neill – HIT by a Car (raw video):

References:

Be-mag interview about Billy’s Ordeal