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@Ihavegears
Hello everyone, I'm the boyfriend, Allensea mentioned and thought I'd let you know what happened.
She was heading down Montague Pl to Russell Sq, and turned right, as cycles are allow to. The coach came from behind, did an illegal right turn and hit her rear wheel. The coach's rear wheel went over her left foot, crushed it and also broke both the bones in her lower leg as the weight of the coach snapped her leg over the bike frame.
Not a nice situation. I was only 5 minutes behind her (we cycle the same route home), so saw her before the ambulance took her away. On Thursday she had an operation (yes it took 3 days of waiting!) to put a metal bar in her leg and 3 rods across her foot to hold it in shape. This will be the first of a many operations.
Out of 28 bones in the foot, 26 are crushed and she will never run again (she was training for a half marathon in March) and might not be able to wear heels.
The driver was charged at the scene with dangerous driving and a traffic offence. The police have 4 witnesses willing to testify that he was in the wrong. Fingers crossed the courts actually do something.
I'd like to say a massive thank you to all the well wishers and the people that helped at the scene. Especially, the person that called the nursery to help put her mind at rest that our boy would be looked after until I got there.