An old lady mown down by a pavement cyclist, tells of the trauma

The collision happened a year ago.

A FRACTURED skull, a broken eye socket and a smashed nose.

They are injuries common in fights and car crashes - but Eileen Webb
sustained them by simply walking out on to the pavement.

As she stood outside her home in Fareham preparing to cross the road, a
cyclist mowed down the 72-year-old, knocking her unconscious for two days.

Eileen, of Gosport Road, said: "I cannot remember anything apart from trying
to cross the road and being hit on my lefthand side while I was on the
pavement.

Still waiting for an operation to correct the damage to her nose, Eileen
says it also took a long time to recover from the profound psychological
afte-reffects of the collision.

She said: "I could not do basic tasks around the home, and I did not go out
of the house because I was very depressed.

"I had dark thoughts, believing it was a pity the collision had not finished
me off completely.

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/dist..._by_ cyclist/

On 21/06/2012 18:22, Mrcheerful wrote:
The collision happened a year ago.

A FRACTURED skull, a broken eye socket and a smashed nose.

They are injuries common in fights and car crashes - but Eileen Webb
sustained them by simply walking out on to the pavement.

As she stood outside her home in Fareham preparing to cross the road, a
cyclist mowed down the 72-year-old, knocking her unconscious for two days.

Damn cycle weapons.



--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University