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Camden News - by SARA NEWMAN
Published: 26 June 2008

Wrecked bike by road works

Woman cyclist seriously injured in lorry crash

A CYCLIST was rushed to hospital yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) with injuries to her legs after colliding with a lorry.
The woman in her 40s hit a timber lorry in Royal College Street, Camden Town.
Clothes and bicycle parts could be seen strewn across the street behind police cordons. A paramedic team arrived by helicopter and took the cyclist to Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel by ambulance.
A police spokesman said the woman was in a “serious” condition last night.
Kingsley Okolie, 22, a shop assistant at nearby Cash Converters, said: “Her legs were just shattered. I wanted her to lie down but she just sat bolt upright in shock. All of a sudden she just lay down and all her muscles were twitching.”
Mr Okolie looked on as paramedics carried out two resuscitation attempts.
He said since road works started a few months ago he had seen a number of “near misses”.
The works are intended to make the road safer according to Camden Cycling Campaign member, John Chamberlain, who lives in Highgate Road, in Dartmouth Park.
“Obviously we don’t know what happened but these junctions are notorious for these types of accidents where cyclists are proceeding straight on and lorries are turning left,” he said.
“It again illustrates the vulnerability of cyclists particularly to heavy goods vehicles. Our thoughts are with the victim and her family.”

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"A CYCLIST was rushed to hospital yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) with injuries to her legs after colliding with a lorry. The woman in her 40s hit a timber lorry in Royal College Street"
Yet again it would seem that a perfidious cyclist has had the temerity to hit a motor vehicle.
I hate this sort of reporting that infers that the cyclist is to blame. The probability of a cyclist hitting a motor vehicle, rather than being hit by a motor vehicle, is relatively low. Such sloppy use language by reporters is reflects badly on the publication. It just adds to the view held by many motorists and non-cyclists that cyclists are reckless risktakers and that cycling is dangerous.
Greg Price