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A rider came off her bike today just outside the sainsburys towards the balls pond end of Essex road.
She was traveling towards Angel and a car was traveling in the opposite direction, who turned right straight into her path down a side road.
The cyclist jammed on the front brake, hit the rails and flipped over. Otherwise she would have gone straight over the bonnet. Looks like a broken hand and a nasty swollen face. The cyclist seemed to be more worried about the state of her bike, which luckily is all ok, being a brand new freshly powdercoated Surly frame set.
Hopefully it was all caught on cctv. It is obvious who is at fault..... however...
Turns out the car that should be at fault was being driven by a policeman. Anybody have any experience with accidents involving the police?
The traffic sergeant that came to the scene was obviously trying not to put the driver at fault to cover the polices own ass, but in this situation it is hardly going to be the cyclists fault.
Oh yeh..... The cycling girl involved is Mary, my girlfriend, trixie chick and supplier of vegan breakfast. I made it to the scene about 15min after it happened.
It was only about a month ago that she had a van do the same thing to her which resulted in her writing off "Georgina", her dawes conversion.
Im just about to head up to UCH to see her, i think she is in for a few x-rays etc.
Be Safe out there