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road.cc newsBreaking news: Passenger dies of injuries after bus performs emergency stop to avoid cyclist
According to a the grandson of the bus passenger injured on Saturday when a cyclist allegedly swerved into the path of the bus on which he was travelling, he has died of his injuries.
Chris Gurton contacted road.cc via Twitter to tell us that his grandfather had never regained consciousness after the incident.
Mr Gurton this afternoon posted on his blog:
After a week in intensive care and with no brain activity being shown on scans, and advice and consultation with the Neurologist, the decision was made today to turn off my Grandfather’s life support machine and he sadly passed away at about 1pm this afternoon. Despite the hospital’s best efforts to save him, it was of the opinion of the Neurologist, that Grandad had technically died on the Saturday morning during the incident on the bus. This case will now be referred to the coroner and the police.
I’d like to thank everyone for all the kind messages during this difficult time.
Rest In Peace Grandad. You will be greatly missed.
The incident happened at 10.45 on Saturday morning on North Avenue Chelmsford, with the cyclist fleeing the scene on foot prior to officers arriving, leaving behind his bike, which had been damaged in the collision with the bus.
Officers from Essex Police’s Serious Collision Investigation unit subsequently traced the man concerned who was charged with dangerous cycling and involuntary grievous bodily harm. It is possible that will now be increased to a more serious charge such as involuntary manslaughter.
A police spokesman quoted by Anglia TV at the time of the first reports of the incident said, “The allegation is that the cyclist caused the bus driver to brake heavily and as a result the passenger was injured.”
John has been writing about bikes and cycling for over 30 years since discovering that people were mug enough to pay him for it rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work.
He was heavily involved in the mountain bike boom of the late 1980s as a racer, team manager and race promoter, and that led to writing for Mountain Biking UK magazine shortly after its inception. He got the gig by phoning up the editor and telling him the magazine was rubbish and he could do better. Rather than telling him to get lost, MBUK editor Tym Manley called John’s bluff and the rest is history.
Since then he has worked on MTB Pro magazine and was editor of Maximum Mountain Bike and Australian Mountain Bike magazines, before switching to the web in 2000 to work for CyclingNews.com. Along with road.cc founder Tony Farrelly, John was on the launch team for BikeRadar.com and subsequently became editor in chief of Future Publishing’s group of cycling magazines and websites, including Cycling Plus, MBUK, What Mountain Bike and Procycling.
John has also written for Cyclist magazine, edited the BikeMagic website and was founding editor of TotalWomensCycling.com before handing over to someone far more representative of the site's main audience.
He joined road.cc in 2013. He lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.
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I've still never witnessed one of these "idiots on bikes", who randomly ride in front of buses/cars.
Still haven't seen it on film either....
I saw one on Wednesday. Bloke on MTB, on phone, runs red light and passes (just) in front of tram. Not a young bloke either - although I wonder how he's lived so long.
Makes you wonder if the PSV driver is covering his back (ass) But a very sad situation when someone looses their life! My sympathy and condolances to the family.
No way to die. Dearest sympathies.
my heart goes out to the gentleman's family
RIP. deepest sympathies to the family.
That ups the guy on a bikes charge to murder then surely? that's how rules of the road work right?
Shame for guy and his family, but clearly he was fragile.
Nope. There was no intention to kill therefore it would be impossible to charge him with murder. Difficult to envisage that the manslaughter charge will stick either.
This, plsu there are so many other variables, like speed of the bus etc, why was the man standing? (assuming he was), not enough seats provided etc.
I'd like to see charges like this bought against drivers who deliberately use their vehicles as weapons everyday but more chance of seeing a pig fly.
Is there really any need for that?
The human body is both incredibly resilient yet hopelessly fragile at the same time. Some people have been smashed to pieces, yet have survived and recovered as best they ever could but the lightest blow in the wrong place can (and has) kill a person.
The guy wasn't "clearly" fragile and seeing as you are neither omnipotent, obviously have no medical qualifications (nor access to his medical records), didnt knew the guy at all so have no idea whatsoever of his 'fragility' therefore all you've said is speculation, conjecture and distasteful.
In the context of this accident how is driving into someone directly NOT a manslaughter?
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