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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)Pedestrian who died after RideLondon collision had been warned by marshal not to cross
A 66-year-old woman who died in hospital after being hit by a cyclist during last year’s Prudential RideLondon-Surrey sportive had been told not to cross by a marshal. Diana Barimore suffered critical head and chest injuries in the collision near her Fulham home and died a month later in hospital.
The Times reports that Barimore was walking her dog on July 30 when she ignored advice not to cross New King’s Road and to instead use an official crossing point.
West London Coroner's Court heard that cyclist Paul Evans, who is in his sixties, was knocked unconscious in the collision.
Evans said he had been riding at the back of a group of five or six riders when the collision took place.
“I am away from the kerbside, to the rear of this group. I don't know who is behind me. I am looking forward, observing. The next thing, I am actually knocked out instantaneously.
“No memory or reason why this should happen. I have no memory of what happens to me. I come to on the ground. I don't think I was knocked out for very long.”
Barimore was taken to St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, where she developed pneumonia and died on August 31.
Evans said that where marshals were stopping cyclists for pedestrians, they would slow them down first. “So the cyclists would have slowed down to stopping pace, and then pedestrians would be allowed to cross.”
He added that there were no obvious signs that there was a crossing point.
Detective Constable Amanda Hawke, from the Met Police's serious collision unit at Merton Traffic Garage, said: “Ms Barimore had been told by a marshal not to cross where she was standing, where she was wanting to cross on the corner. He pointed out the official crossing point.
“But she ignored his advice. While he was talking to a driver, she just started crossing the road. And she seemed to freeze, from CCTV. And that's when Mr Evans collided with her.”
Asked by Barimore's nephew, Jonathan Shearer, whether there was an argument for having barriers at that point of the route, Hawke replied: “I don't think so. The marshal was there. His priority, what I understand, is he is to stop cars from going in the road when cyclists are going.
“He is trying to do that as well as prevent pedestrians going in the road. It's a difficult situation. I think the ride has been going that route for a few years now. All the residents are warned, everyone knows it's going to happen. In my opinion, I don't think there was anything much else the marshal could do.”
Barimore had a history of anorexia and gout and weighed only five-and-a-half stone at the time of the collision.
A neurosurgeon said she suffered a severe head injury with a skull fracture and multiple rib fractures. In hospital, she developed pneumonia.
The medical cause of death was recorded as multiple organ failure, secondary to sepsis as a result of severe chest and inter-cranial injuries.
Her anorexia was also recorded as having played a part in the cause of death.
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Rib fractures are very painful- multiple are worse in an exponential fashion. You don’t breathe properly because of the pain and the natural clearance mechanisms for sputum and bacteria Don’t work leaving bacteria in a static warm well oxygenated soup. Coupled with likely osteoporosis and ribs that were probably much more likely to fracture. A sitting duck for pneumonia.
If she had a significant head injury she will likely have been on a ventilator- an independent risk factor for developing a pneumonia.
The anorexia will not have helped. There is a higher intensive care survival rate in those who are a bit chubby. And being underweight increases your mortality (in ICU).
Take home message - you can eat another cake at the cafe stop. It might save your life
This is what might seem to be an arcane point, but will be relevant when anti-cyclists start ranting about this: Her death won't actually constitute a Fatality in the official Road Traffic Collision (RTC) statistics. This is because the definition is "Fatal injury: ‘fatal’ injury includes only those cases where death occurs in less than 30 days as a result of the collision".
Cue anti-cyclists saying that the real scale of harm is not properly appreciated. Maybe: but this applies to ALL collision casualties, including - guess what - the VAST majority of pedestrians hurt or killed in collisions.
And these involve motor vehicles.
Poor woman: probably ought to have heeded the marshals guidance, though. Does sound like she died of something “picked up” in hospital rather than as a direct consequence of the collision, but I’ll waiting for BTBS to compare and contrast with the Alliston case before I comment further...
I don't think that would be the case. The rib fractures was probably the main cause, her general condition would add complications. I don't feel that saying she picked something up in hospital is fair.
I've been in hospital with 6 broken ribs, if you've been hit that hard it's fairly serious and related injuries to the lungs can lead to pneumonia.
I had always thought pneumonia was something you picked up, like any other disease ... I stand corrected.
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Well you thought wrong moron because no-one was unjustly accused, no-one was given an unjust sentence nor vilified in a national witch hunt.
It's not that you can't see the massive differential (or can you?) it's just that you're a sad case who feels the need to attack others for no reason than for your own pleasure using a desperately sad case where there are no winners to prime you.
Spank your monkey sad sac, you're disgusting.
Sorry, BTBS, I clearly need to make more use of the "sarcastic winky face" emoji...
I wasn't challenging you, but you do talk about Alliston a great deal in relation to road collisions.
So this case is one where a pedestrian ignored official instructions, crossed a road right in front of oncoming cyclists, froze/panicked, was struck, knocked out a cyclist, was herself seriously injured and later died, and yet we just have a narrative inquest instead of a criminal case.
Just seemed like your thing, sorry...
@BTBS: had kind of expected a response on this, y'know. You did kind of jump off the deep end a bit, there
The most recent time someone was tried for a crime posthumously:
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/convicting-dead-shows-misunderstand-purpose-...
Pretty sure neither was in the Coroner's Court though.
If you weren't so pathetic BTBS, you'd be a joke.
Waaa waaa waaa waaa waaa, go for a ride, you're being a twat.
Oh, the irony.