A Bad weekend for Cyclists
Posted on May 26, 2008
Filed Under Cycling
It seems this past weekend was a bad one for cyclists… There were at least two incidents that involved a car and cyclists…
(Extracted from a story posted on http://www.thehubsa.co.za/)
Renaldo, with Fear in his voice:” Marius, you would not believe what just happened, I’m lying in the grass next to the road, please come fetch me, some one knocked me off my bike on purpose and is trying to kill me!” Those were the words of a cyclists who had to run and hide in the bush along the road after being knocked off his bike by a motorist…
This is his story:
“I was riding nearly on the edge of the road, I saw from the corner of my eye a White Open Kaddet coming into the yellow line close to me, I looked into the man’s eyes and could see he wanted to kill me. He drove into me, sending me flying over my handlebars into the gravel and grass on the side of the road. He stopped, Got out with a Panga and come for me. I run into the bush, through wired fences I don’t know what else, I just wanted to get away. The guy then loaded my bike into the car and drove off..I laid in the grass till now (when his friend fetched him) afraid he might come back to me.”
And in another incident taken from http://www.thinkbike.co.za/talk/phpBB2/index.php
Posted by ‘Big Blue’ “A friend of mine was cycling with 2 friends on Sunday morning when a car ploughed into them. One was killed on impact while the other 2 were admitted to hospital. My friend is at home today recovering from a Broken jaw, Broken cheek bone, torn ear and grazed over 30% of he’s body. This was a hit and run so I hope they catch the b%$#&^% who caused this senseless tragedy”
These are only two of the incidents over the weekend… how many more were there?
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