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Wow, reading this thread is a really emotional experience. I've often, somewhat macabrely, wondered what I would do if I witnessed a collision like this. A big thumbs up to the cyclists who stayed with the injured lady and the person who called the emergency services - you have done an amazing thing and helped to ease and comfort someone in their hour of need. As Oliver said, be aware you may well be in shock after such a harrowing event (this can even kick in a few days later) but I'd also encourage you, if you haven't done so already, to ensure that the Police take a full witness statement from you (written down and signed, not just notes in a PC's notebook) as soon as possible and that you also ensure that they give you a copy of your statement to keep. You may well find you have to be quite forceful with the police to get them to do this, but it's really important. I know it's not the time to be thinking about apportioning blame for the collision and we do not know what happened here but if in the future there is some sort of trial your statements will be so crucial and of course memories of these things get skewed as time goes on.
Well done you three, thoughts and prayers to the lady cyclist and her family and friends and let's hope she is receiving the most excellent care and being looked after, and like everyone else has said on here let's make sure we keep the pressure up on reducing the biggest sources of danger.