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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)Witness appeal as cyclist found on Dartmoor with "life-changing" injuries
A witness appeal has been launched after a cyclist was found on Dartmoor earlier this week with what police describe as “life-changing” head injuries.
The 68-year-old man, from Essex, was discovered at 4.50pm lying unconscious on the B3212 road between Postbridge and Moretonhampstead, say Devon & Cornwall Police.
The cyclist was taken by helicopter to Derriford Hospital where he remains in a serious condition.
Officers are tring to discover how the man, who is believed to have been riding alone, came to be injured and have asked anyone who saw him cycling in the area to get in touch.
He was wearing an orange jacket, black cycling shorts and a red and white helmet and was riding a white Dawes road bike.
Anyone who has information is requested to call police on 101 or by email on 101 [at] devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk quoting log number 635 of 26/08/15.
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- AidanR 28 min 57 sec ago
I wouldn't be so sure that he'll get away with this just because cops routinely shoot people and get off. The law is very different as effectively...
- Rendel Harris 30 min 47 sec ago
100%, and if he was having trouble using his left hand, which is the front brake on a continental setup, he should have been pulled for safety...
- C3a 58 min 56 sec ago
I just did a check on a Carrera Subway 2; currently on sale (£312) - Halford's says out of stock in my size and nothing until July.
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- Rendel Harris 1 hour 39 min ago
What he wrote is a direct word for word quote from the King James Bible, one of the very greatest achievements of written English in the history of...
- stonojnr 1 hour 45 min ago
From what I understood from lawyers, there's nothing preventing a charge of manslaughter being applied in addition to death by dangerous driving...
- Dnnnnnn 2 hours 32 min ago
Nocturnal implementation isn't ideal but I think your final sentence captures why it was probably necessary....
- IanGlasgow 3 hours 22 min ago
You have to not just obey the legal requirements of The Highway Code (riding on the road not the pavement, have lights and reflectors, etc.), but...
- Pedal those squares 5 hours 20 min ago
I thought if things got that bad the rear cassette could crack open a bottle!
- mdavidford 6 hours 12 min ago
Most of those people aren't cycling as sport, though, which is the relevant outcome for BC's purposes....
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ICE contacts on my phone and fly6 in case my downfall is tinbox muppet related. Hope he gets better and they figure out what happened.
Great if you have reception, but it's pretty patchy round there & on the Moors.
Echo the sentiments on his condition and the cause.
Very remote road, even in summer visibility is often really poor. Thoughts are with his family.
A victim of the Hairy Hands? http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/11/the-hairy-hands-horror/
Seriously - hope he's OK. That's a wild place to have an accident on your own, stuff like the ICEdot tech starts to really have a use...