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broken bike.jpgTeenage boy killed by driver in Essex
A teenage boy has been killed while cycling in Essex.
The 15 year old was cycling along Clingoe Hill, Colchester, on Saturday afternoon, when he was hit by a car.
He died at the scene and a 54 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.
A police spokeswoman said: “Officers were called shortly before 12.05pm on Saturday with reports of a collision involving a car and a cyclist, a 15-year-old boy.
“The ambulance service and air ambulance also attended.
“Sadly the teenager died at the scene. His family have been informed.
Three years ago we reported how cyclists in Colchester were increasingly involved in incidents causing death and serious injury.
Cyclists became one of the highest at risk groups, coming only second to motorcyclists.
In 2011 there were 69 KSis involving cyclists. This rose to 88 in 2012 and between April and August rose to 42.
Adam Pipe, the casualty reduction manager for Essex said: “Our priority are motorcyclists who account for 26 per cent of KSIs, and cyclists.
“Since the Olympics we have seen a dramatic increase. Lots of people are returning to cycling and Colchester has the highest problem.”
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Seriously? This is not the time for this discussion on semantics. Imagine if any of the deceased's family or friends are reading through these comments.
At this stage the only appropriate response is to offer our condolences and go give our own kids an extra hug.
If you witnessed or have other information pertinent to the incident then please contact the Police and give a statement.
Save the pitchforks and burning torches for after the trial.
After an unpromising start, having to be bribed by her parents to learn to ride without stabilisers, Sarah became rather keener on cycling in her university years, and was eventually persuaded to upgrade to proper road cycling by the prospect of a shiny red Italian bike, which she promptly destroyed by trapping a pair of knickers in the rear derailleur. Sarah writes about about cycling every weekend on road.cc.
Sensitive. Why is this stuff shown? Especially after such a sad piece of news. What on earth do you think the lads family would think if they saw this 'signature' at the end of the poor lads obituary?
Have a thought, just the one will do.
My thoughts are with the family and friends.
Ride on mate. X
I disagree with this: these signatures appear after every road.cc article regardless of whether its a death-by-(allegedly)-careless-driving incident or Mr Wiggins's latest career mistake, and I'd imagine that they are automated.
(I've always been more concerned with how a pair of knickers managed to get trapped in a rear derailleur, but, y'know...).
Perhaps it's just me but isn't the headline somewhat inappropriate, considering the driver hasn't been found guilty?
By all means go full barrel if the driver is convicted, but until then, perhaps "killed following collision with vehicle" would be more appropriate.
He wasn't "killed following (the) collision", he was killed BY the collision. The headline is a statement of fact. That doesn't necessarily mean the driver was at fault (legally) but if the collision hadn't occurred, the boy would still be riding his bike.
All this pussy-footing around annoys me. Recently in Melbourne, some idiot went careering down the main street/pavement in a car, deliberately running people over. Half a dozen dead, multiple people seriously injured. Most of the carnage was caught on CCTV or mobile phone video, and the guy was dragged from the car by police. However, the newsreaders still say that the guy "allegedly" drove down the street targeting pedestrians. Never mind "allegedly", he quite clearly DID!
The headline says "killed by driver". It's a presumptuous statement which may or may not be true. In this country, we presume innocence unless proven guilty.
arh, driverless car ?
If your offended perhaps get your news from any place other than a cyclist website. they bend over backwards not to ever suggest that a driver did anything wrong, cars just spontaneously flipping on their roofs and driving into wall, not a driver in site anywhere.
Jesus, the knobbery on here is spectacular. You have absolutely no idea who is to blame and if you think that deciding who is—before a court has pronounced judgement—is useful, you should be routinely ignored.
You've received a number of strong replies, so I won't go overboard on this but car drivers must start to realise that they are controlling a vehicle capable of dealing instant death.
The fact is that a car rarely kills anyone unless it has a driver in it. Often a driver may be filled with remorse after the "accident" and some never get rid of the feelings of guilt whether they are to blame or not.
That aside the law does seem to give carte-blanche to motorists to get away with flimsy excuses after the event.
Very sad news; unfortunately the Brexit Coast only cares about flag waving; getting control owver ower borders and getting rid of anything that mat have EU in it's name! Important stuff like policing the roads; safety of vulnerable road users; support for young people with learning difficulties and education; good old Essex County Council don't give a FF about. At night there are two traffic cars on duty to cover all of Essex; this sad death won't change any attitudes in these parts; no matter what the eventual cause is found to be. The people have such a right of self entitlement it is staggering.
Deepest sympathy to the young lads family. Very sad news.
"Lots of people are returning to cycling and Colchester has the highest problem."
cyclists = problem ?
they are quoting an article from 3 years ago. Colchester had the highest KSI for cyclists across Essex
http://road.cc/content/news/90102-serious-cycling-casualties-rise-colche...