29-07-2014 Young rider down Goods Way

Can't find any other source, sorry, but the reporting in this piece is very strange:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2714260/Billie-Piper-quizzed-police-pulls-crash-puts-cyclist-16-hospital.html

The actress, best known for her starring roles in Doctor Who and The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, was questioned by officers after colliding with the oncoming cycle, which slammed into her car at high speed. She is understood to have been driving at under five miles per hour as she crossed Goods Way into the path of the teenage cyclist who was travelling downhill at a significant speed

This newspaper understands that the cyclist was not wearing a helmet.

Police quizzed Miss Piper at the roadside, while the teenager received treatment from the London Ambulance Service for a severe shoulder injury.

There were also calls last night for cyclists to take greater responsibility for their actions and to ensure they wear helmets*

*None is mentioned.

Hope the kid's ok, sounds like a bust collarbone. Maybe this belongs in General?

But there were also calls last night for cyclists to take greater responsibility for their actions and to ensure they wear helmets.

Pretty hard to take responsibility for your actions when you've got dimwits pulling u-turns without proper care and attention in the middle of a busy road.

Heal up quick kid.

Evening Standard report
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/billie-piper-in-car-collision-with-cyclist-injured-by-kings-cross-station-9644803.html

What is an LAS injury?

“A 16-year-old boy was treated by LAS for injuries. Enquiries continue.”

What is an LAS injury?

“A 16-year-old boy was treated by LAS for injuries. Enquiries continue.”

“A 16-year-old boy was treated by London Ambulance Service for injuries. Enquiries continue.”

the reporting needs bleaching!

For the media this is a celebrity story, already 5 days old, not a cyclist or injury story.
The victim went away in the ambulance but there is no information about whether he was admitted to hospital or not.
I am quoted at the bottom of the Sunday Mail story. The journalist wanted a 'shock no helmet' story even though there is no mention of head injuries at all. A few hours after the story went up the Mail managed to sell advertising space so the Hovdig helmet video was inserted.
Further discussion of this belongs in another thread . . . .