Glasgow ATCO - hit & run victim
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Glasgow ATCO - hit & run victim
An ATCO out training on his cycle earlier this week was struck by a car which did not stop, does anyone know how he is?
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Cyclist left for dead with broken back after horror hit-and-run incident near Glasgow - Daily Record
Thoughts out to him and the family.
Thoughts out to him and the family.
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Left hospital today on crutches, prognosis good so far. Obviously a bit to go for recovery but physio and other treatments will help him on his way.
No sign of the scumbag driver yet though.
No sign of the scumbag driver yet though.
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That's much better news than we could have expected a few days ago.
Although long retired I am a keen cyclist, as is my ATCO son and a lot of his mates at Swanwick, I am sure they will join me on passing our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
My pilot No1 son and his 3 sons are also keen cyclists - sadly No1 son's best man, brother-in-law and best mate, Tom Barrett ( then OC Northolt with a promising career ahead of him ) was killed on his cycle 5 years ago by a speeding white van man, who was driving too fast on the A40 into the setting sun!
Although long retired I am a keen cyclist, as is my ATCO son and a lot of his mates at Swanwick, I am sure they will join me on passing our best wishes for a speedy recovery.
My pilot No1 son and his 3 sons are also keen cyclists - sadly No1 son's best man, brother-in-law and best mate, Tom Barrett ( then OC Northolt with a promising career ahead of him ) was killed on his cycle 5 years ago by a speeding white van man, who was driving too fast on the A40 into the setting sun!
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I hope the hit-and-run victim, subject of this thread, will soon recover. Just think of the EGs he is building up whilst off work!
Too many nutters on the roads now. My grandson and several friends were out riding their motorbikes when they were flashed by a white van driver. They stopped to see what was wrong and the van driver promptly drove into them. My grandson's bike was written off and one of his friends ended up in hospital.
Too many nutters on the roads now. My grandson and several friends were out riding their motorbikes when they were flashed by a white van driver. They stopped to see what was wrong and the van driver promptly drove into them. My grandson's bike was written off and one of his friends ended up in hospital.
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I am really sorry to hear this, and glad that he was not killed. I too am a keen cyclist, but had to come off the roads around here, (Glasgow), because frankly my life expectancy dropped markedly. Almost everyone I know within my cycling fraternity has been whacked, and some have experienced life changing injuries. It really is Death Race 3000 for cyclists on roads today. Such a sad state of affairs...speedy mend for this guy.
