2010-07-27 - Rider Down Parliament Square

Am very confused, Helen Pidd, a journo with the Guardian has just told me she called the Met (11.30 on the 30th) to get confirmation on this and they have told her the rider (hit on Tuesday, male, 20s) is in a serious but stable condition. Am getting conflicting points of view, and obviously news like this tends to take time to filter through big organisations like the Met, but does anyone else have confirmation? Everyone hoping for the best, obviously.
a friend of mine was forced on one me those cycling awareness things this morning after rljing and was told it was a fatality. It is possibly the wrong place to speculate but could there be a political motive in not announcing this to the press today? Rip.