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Cheers, helen s
"Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
December 3, 2003 11:50
POLICE are looking for a driver who knocked down a teenage cyclist, offered to walk him to his
aunt's house nearby and then left him in the street.
Hobie London, 13, was cycling to school during the morning rush hour when a car hit him on the
mini-roundabout of Wall Road and Constitution Hill.
The Sprowston High School pupil suffered cuts and bruises and a bang on the head, and his bike was
badly damaged.
The driver, a man in his 30s, stopped and offered to take Hobie to school but sensibly the schoolboy
said he had been told not to go in cars with strangers.
Hobie said he would walk to his aunt's house nearby and the man offered to walk with him to make
sure he was all right. About halfway to the house the driver decided to get back to his car but took
Hobie's details and promised to go round that evening to apologise and settle the insurance with the
boy's parents.
But the man, who drove a silver-coloured car - possibly a Citroen - never turned up and, according
to police, never reported the accident either.
Hobie's mum Wendy London, 35, of Half Mile Road, in Mile Cross, said she felt let down by the
driver's behaviour.
"We reported the accident to police that day. They asked us if we wanted to take action and we said
we would be happy if the man came round and said sorry, like he had promised. But he never did.
"He also left our son in the street on his own when he could have been suffering from concussion.
Fortunately, the doctor gave him the all clear but I will be making sure Hobie wears a helmet
from now on.
"It is also disappointing other drivers did not stop to check if he was okay. Being a parent, if I
saw a road accident involving a child, I would make sure the emergency services were called and the
child went off in an ambulance."
Nina Goad, spokeswoman for Norwich police, appealed for more information about the crash and urged
the driver of the car to come forward.
"The driver of the car has not contacted the police and did not leave details with the boy, and we
are therefore keen to hear from anyone who might have seen the collision, particularly if they made
a note of the car's registration number.
"Alternatively, we are asking the driver to contact us. There may be a genuine reason why he has
failed to contact the boy's parents or the police, but it is important that he does so now."
Anyone who witnessed the crash, which happened at about 7.50am on Tuesday, November 25, is asked to
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> Just in case anyone hears anything about the driver concerned..
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> id=NOED03+Dec+2003+11%3A51%3A37%3A787>
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> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/xkhz
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
>
>
> "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
>
>
> December 3, 2003 11:50
>
> POLICE are looking for a driver who knocked down a teenage cyclist,
offered to
> walk him to his aunt's house nearby and then left him in the street.
>
> Hobie London, 13, was cycling to school during the morning rush hour when
a car
> hit him on the mini-roundabout of Wall Road and Constitution Hill.
>
> The Sprowston High School pupil suffered cuts and bruises and a bang on
the
> head, and his bike was badly damaged.
>
> The driver, a man in his 30s, stopped and offered to take Hobie to school
but
> sensibly the schoolboy said he had been told not to go in cars with
strangers.
Point 1.) - very sensible lad!! Point 2.) - Morning rush hour, lad knocked off bike and no-one else
stops to help?!!!? - think this speaks volumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Point 3.) - No
comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Dave.
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in message
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> Just in case anyone hears anything about the driver concerned..
>
> <http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/Content/News/story.asp?datetime=03+Dec+200
> 3+11%3A50&tbrand=ENOnline&tCategory=NEWS&category=News&brand=ENOnline&item
> id=NOED03+Dec+2003+11%3A51%3A37%3A787>
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/xkhz
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
>
>
> "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
>
>
> December 3, 2003 11:50
>
> POLICE are looking for a driver who knocked down a teenage cyclist,
offered to
> walk him to his aunt's house nearby and then left him in the street.
>
> Hobie London, 13, was cycling to school during the morning rush hour when
a car
> hit him on the mini-roundabout of Wall Road and Constitution Hill.
>
> The Sprowston High School pupil suffered cuts and bruises and a bang on
the
> head, and his bike was badly damaged.
>
> The driver, a man in his 30s, stopped and offered to take Hobie to school
but
> sensibly the schoolboy said he had been told not to go in cars with
strangers.
Point 1.) - very sensible lad!! Point 2.) - Morning rush hour, lad knocked off bike and no-one else
stops to help?!!!? - think this speaks volumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Point 3.) - No
comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Dave.
"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote in message
news:20031203132529.12131.00000107@mb-m05.aol.com...
> Just in case anyone hears anything about the driver concerned..
>
> <http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/Content/News/story.asp?datetime=03+Dec+200
> 3+11%3A50&tbrand=ENOnline&tCategory=NEWS&category=News&brand=ENOnline&item
> id=NOED03+Dec+2003+11%3A51%3A37%3A787>
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/xkhz
>
> Cheers, helen s
>
>
>
> "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
>
>
> December 3, 2003 11:50
>
> POLICE are looking for a driver who knocked down a teenage cyclist,
offered to
> walk him to his aunt's house nearby and then left him in the street.
>
> Hobie London, 13, was cycling to school during the morning rush hour when
a car
> hit him on the mini-roundabout of Wall Road and Constitution Hill.
>
> The Sprowston High School pupil suffered cuts and bruises and a bang on
the
> head, and his bike was badly damaged.
>
> The driver, a man in his 30s, stopped and offered to take Hobie to school
but
> sensibly the schoolboy said he had been told not to go in cars with
strangers.
Point 1.) - very sensible lad!! Point 2.) - Morning rush hour, lad knocked off bike and no-one else
stops to help?!!!? - think this speaks volumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Point 3.) - No
comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Dave.
On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
> "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
[...]
While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
lying in the road as the driver sped away.
Colin
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On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
> "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
[...]
While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
lying in the road as the driver sped away.
Colin
--
On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
> "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
[...]
While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
lying in the road as the driver sped away.
Colin
--
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:04:30 -0000, "\(T'other\) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote:
>Point 1.) - very sensible lad!! Point 2.) - Morning rush hour, lad knocked off bike and no-one else
>stops to help?!!!? - think this speaks volumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Point 3.) - No
>comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Police spokeswoman: "Alternatively, we are asking the driver to contact us. There may be a genuine
reason why he has failed to contact the boy's parents or the police...
And the genuine reason is... (answers on a postcard)
Hopefully a witness will now come forward and they'll throw the book at the bastard.
--
Dave...
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:04:30 -0000, "\(T'other\) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote:
>Point 1.) - very sensible lad!! Point 2.) - Morning rush hour, lad knocked off bike and no-one else
>stops to help?!!!? - think this speaks volumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Point 3.) - No
>comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Police spokeswoman: "Alternatively, we are asking the driver to contact us. There may be a genuine
reason why he has failed to contact the boy's parents or the police...
And the genuine reason is... (answers on a postcard)
Hopefully a witness will now come forward and they'll throw the book at the bastard.
--
Dave...
"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:oprznhgot6m7pzdf@nntphost.dur.ac.uk...
> On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
>
>
> > "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
> [...]
>
> While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
> newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
> lying in the road as the driver sped away.
>
> Colin
> --
Me too, poetic licence, eh?
"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:oprznhgot6m7pzdf@nntphost.dur.ac.uk...
> On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
>
>
> > "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
> [...]
>
> While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
> newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
> lying in the road as the driver sped away.
>
> Colin
> --
Me too, poetic licence, eh?
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:04:30 -0000, "\(T'other\) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote:
>Point 1.) - very sensible lad!! Point 2.) - Morning rush hour, lad knocked off bike and no-one else
>stops to help?!!!? - think this speaks volumes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Point 3.) - No
>comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Police spokeswoman: "Alternatively, we are asking the driver to contact us. There may be a genuine
reason why he has failed to contact the boy's parents or the police...
And the genuine reason is... (answers on a postcard)
Hopefully a witness will now come forward and they'll throw the book at the bastard.
--
Dave...
"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:oprznhgot6m7pzdf@nntphost.dur.ac.uk...
> On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
>
>
> > "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
> [...]
>
> While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
> newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
> lying in the road as the driver sped away.
>
> Colin
> --
Me too, poetic licence, eh?
Dave Kahn wrote: <snip>
>
> Hopefully a witness will now come forward and they'll throw the book at the bastard.
>
You missed out another hopefully as in "Hopefully a witness will now come forward and hopefully
they'll throw the book at the bastard."
:(
Dave Kahn wrote: <snip>
>
> Hopefully a witness will now come forward and they'll throw the book at the bastard.
>
You missed out another hopefully as in "Hopefully a witness will now come forward and hopefully
they'll throw the book at the bastard."
:(
Dave Kahn wrote: <snip>
>
> Hopefully a witness will now come forward and they'll throw the book at the bastard.
>
You missed out another hopefully as in "Hopefully a witness will now come forward and hopefully
they'll throw the book at the bastard."
:(
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:43:26 -0000, "\(T'other\) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote:
>
>"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
>news:oprznhgot6m7pzdf@nntphost.dur.ac.uk...
>> On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers
>> <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
>> [...]
>>
>> While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
>> newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
>> lying in the road as the driver sped away.
>>
>> Colin
>> --
>Me too, poetic licence, eh?
>
There really should be a law against employing poets on newspapers.
Pete Barrett
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:43:26 -0000, "\(T'other\) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote:
>
>"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
>news:oprznhgot6m7pzdf@nntphost.dur.ac.uk...
>> On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers
>> <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
>> [...]
>>
>> While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
>> newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
>> lying in the road as the driver sped away.
>>
>> Colin
>> --
>Me too, poetic licence, eh?
>
There really should be a law against employing poets on newspapers.
Pete Barrett
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:43:26 -0000, "\(T'other\) Dave" <no-one@nowhere.org> wrote:
>
>"Colin Blackburn" <colin.blackburn@durham.ac.uk> wrote in message
>news:oprznhgot6m7pzdf@nntphost.dur.ac.uk...
>> On 03 Dec 2003 18:25:29 GMT, dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers
>> <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > "Driver left teenage cyclist for dead
>> [...]
>>
>> While I have absolutely no sympathy with the driver and hope he is prosecuted accordingly the
>> newpaper headline leaves a little bit to be desired. I expecetd to read that the cyclist was left
>> lying in the road as the driver sped away.
>>
>> Colin
>> --
>Me too, poetic licence, eh?
>
There really should be a law against employing poets on newspapers.
Pete Barrett
>Point 3.) - No comments on the h*lm*t statement please, let's just be thankful the lad's ok, eh?
Indeed, except you are the only person who has made any point about the h*lm*t..., thus raising the
profile of one sentence in the entire article...
Cheers, helen s
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