Driver denies injuring cyclist two days after she won medal
 

QUOTE:
"A driver has denied injuring cyclist Lauren Dolan two days after she won a medal at the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.

Dolan was training in Devon on September 24 last year when she was involved in a crash with driver Robert Newton that left her with a broken collarbone.

Newton, 73, of New Road, Teignmouth, has denied causing the crash and will stand trial accused of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop at the scene of a crash and failing to report the incident, Devon Live reports.

The driver allegedly slammed on his brakes after an overtaking manoeuvre, which caused Dolan to hit a traffic island, sending her flying over the handlebars and resulting in a broken collarbone. Dolan was training with her father in Teignmouth when the crash with Newton, who was driving a grey Dihatsu, happened.

She had only just returned home from the World Championships in Yorkshire, where the 20-year-old had won a bronze medal during the inaugural mixed relay team time trial event.

Dolan was taken to hospital after the crash, where she discovered she had suffered a broken collarbone and “substantial” soft tissue damage, later undergoing surgery for the break.

After the crash, she told the BBC: “I had the best feeling so far in my cycling career and 48 hours later I’m lying in hospital, devastated.

“I’ve not been very fortunate this year. It’s a bit of a kick in the teeth but it certainly won’t stop me for next year.”

Newton appeared at Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (February 12) and will return to court on March 30."

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Driver denies injuring cyclist two days after she won medal
 

On 12/02/2020 18:16, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
"A driver has denied injuring cyclist Lauren Dolan two days after she won a medal at the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.

Does that make it worse, or less bad?

If it makes no difference at all (as sensible people might suspect),
what is the relevance of the medal?

Driver denies injuring cyclist two days after she won medal
 

On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:05:16 +0000, JNugent wrote:

On 12/02/2020 18:16, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
"A driver has denied injuring cyclist Lauren Dolan two days after she
won a medal at the Yorkshire 2019 World Championships.

Does that make it worse, or less bad?

Less bad, in the sense that if the incident had happened two days before
the race rather than two days after, she wouldn't have won any medals at
all.

If it makes no difference at all (as sensible people might suspect),
what is the relevance of the medal?

Human interest? Polishing the story? Who knows. It's like the reports of
people being mugged "for just 80p in their purse" like that makes it
worse; if it had been £250 would the same report say "fair play to the
mugger, it was worth it."?