2014-11-24, rider down, Lea Bridge Road

Posted on Mon 24th, November 2014

• #1

606

Another major accident on Lea Bridge Road. Near Wood street. Air ambulance removed rider, though Whipps Cross hospital is only a few hundred meters away.

http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/11621804.Road_closures_as_cyclist_hit/
• #2

dubtap

Standard have published a redacted photo from Twitter of the immediate aftermath. Grim
• #3

h2o in reply to @606

Royal London A&E is one of the best in the country. It's where the victims of 7/7 were evacuated to. By contrast, Whipps Cross is a struggling hospital that's been put on watch by the inspectors. I know which one I'd rather be at.

(Oh, and I have personal experience of the A&E at both of them - Royal London put my knee back together, and did a good job of it)

Hope the rider pulls through in any case.
• #4

charlie_lcc

Hoping for the best for this rider.
The main benefit of the Air Ambulance is to get a trauma surgeon and an anaesthetist to the victim very quickly. They can start to control the injuries and decide where is the best trauma centre for treatment.
• #5

josephlucien

I had a horrible near miss on that roundabout, after which the driver wanted to attack me

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