Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

But he still fractured his skull though right? You can kind of see why they jumped to the conclusion that a helmet may have helped (rightly or wrongly)

It is quite possible that a helmet might have helped. It is also possible that it might not have prevented the fatal nature of the head injury. I don't know. The conclusion you allude to is of course not an improbable conclusion. (No-one denies that helmets can have the positive effect to reduce the severity of head injury, by the way.)

Don't you think that the cycle helmets is a bit crazy though? In a kind of Daily Mail right wing batshit way?

Why would you think that?