SE Freway bikepath death???

[phamcam]

Hi,
does anyone know what was happening on the SE bikepath this morning???

The police had it blocked off with no access either east or west.

When I crossed at mc rob bridge you could see a body on the path with a
sheet covering it......

Hope it was not a rider, it looked very serious.



ph


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phamcam

[flyingdutch]

crap.

a friend also told me of a rider down, Traffic stopped, ambulance
attending.
Doncaster Rd, westbound side, North balwyn, blue bike, no more details
available


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flyingdutch

[Biker]

flyingdutch wrote:
> crap.
>
> a friend also told me Marty was down, Traffic stopped, ambulance
> attending.
> Doncaster Rd, westbound side, North balwyn, blue bike, no more details
> available


it would be to bad if it was a marty DOA ... NOT HAHA HEHE

[cfsmtb]

Heard nothing so far, it could of been non-cycling related. If that's
any recompense. :(


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cfsmtb

[alison_b]

cfsmtb Wrote:
> Heard nothing so far, it could of been non-cycling related. If that's
> any recompense. :(
This is a somewhat reluctant post... but I have been trying to find
out the outcome of the fellow all day to no avail. Why reluctant?
Because recently when someone posted a 'rider down' post I spent a
frantic time trying to contact my sweetie who was training with the
rider who was injured. I guess many of us could point to main
cycling/training areas and say "I hope it isn't [insert name]" or "that
sounds like [name]".

I was leaving the city and stopped at a small group of cyclists and
runners; someone was being attended to by some people who had stopped
for first aid. (I got this info from a young woman whose running
partner was one of the first aiders. I have a basic first aid qual and
was checking that it wasn't needed.) I have no idea what had happened
before getting there; nor did the woman I spoke with. Someone was
calling an ambulance. I rode up the track a little to warn others that
the path was blocked ahead so they could slow down until I saw the
police and heard the ambulance arriving shortly after.

As the OP said, on the return trip to the city the police were
diverting people from the path. I hope that the outcome for the
injured - whatever they were doing on the path - has been ok. We all
have family and friends who expect us home at the end of the day - my
thoughts are with both the injured and those who care for him.

ali


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alison_b

[cfsmtb]

alison_b Wrote:
> This is a somewhat reluctant post... but I have been trying to find out
> the outcome of the fellow all day to no avail. Why reluctant? Because
> recently when someone posted a 'rider down' post I spent a frantic time
> trying to contact my sweetie who was training with the rider who was
> injured. I guess many of us could point to main cycling/training areas
> and say "I hope it isn't [insert name]" or "that sounds like [name]".


The latest I hear via 3AW, was the incident was a cyclist who suffered
a fatal heart attack, no suspicious circumstances. :(


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cfsmtb