D
Doug
Guest
Doesn't this say it all about the mentality of the average car addict?
"Motorists who left a cyclist to die in the road after he was knocked
over by a stolen car were described as inhuman yesterday.
Instead of stopping, they simply swerved around him, and detectives
believe that one may even have driven over the badly injured Stephen
Wills, breaking both his legs.
By the time a passer-by finally raised the alarm, Mr Wills, 55, who
had been riding home from a dinner, was already dead.
The self-employed plasterer was cycling down a dual carriageway in
Manchester at about 3.30am last Saturday when he was knocked over by a
stolen VW Golf. The car was later found burnt-out nearby.
Witnesses said that instead of stopping to help Mr Wills as crucial
minutes ticked by, other motorists steered around his body, and police
believe one actually drove over him.
"It's a pretty sad state set of affairs when people refuse to stop to
help a fellow human who is clearly in dire need of help," said a
police source.
"Behaviour like this seems simply inhuman, and it's hard to believe
that drivers refused to stop and help. What's worse is that one driver
may have even driven over Stephen's legs before heading off.
"We can only assume in some cases it was more important to those
drivers that they got home instead of stopping to help a dying man."
When paramedics arrived it was too late and Mr Wills was pronounced
dead at the scene, apparently as a result of head injuries sustained
in the initial collision.
He lived by himself in the Moss Side area of Manchester.
He is thought to have had no children of his own, but was regarded as
a "father figure" by the two sons of a divorcee with whom he had been
in a relationship..."
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=559991&in_page_id=1770
--
World Carfree Network
http://www.worldcarfree.net/
Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.
"Motorists who left a cyclist to die in the road after he was knocked
over by a stolen car were described as inhuman yesterday.
Instead of stopping, they simply swerved around him, and detectives
believe that one may even have driven over the badly injured Stephen
Wills, breaking both his legs.
By the time a passer-by finally raised the alarm, Mr Wills, 55, who
had been riding home from a dinner, was already dead.
The self-employed plasterer was cycling down a dual carriageway in
Manchester at about 3.30am last Saturday when he was knocked over by a
stolen VW Golf. The car was later found burnt-out nearby.
Witnesses said that instead of stopping to help Mr Wills as crucial
minutes ticked by, other motorists steered around his body, and police
believe one actually drove over him.
"It's a pretty sad state set of affairs when people refuse to stop to
help a fellow human who is clearly in dire need of help," said a
police source.
"Behaviour like this seems simply inhuman, and it's hard to believe
that drivers refused to stop and help. What's worse is that one driver
may have even driven over Stephen's legs before heading off.
"We can only assume in some cases it was more important to those
drivers that they got home instead of stopping to help a dying man."
When paramedics arrived it was too late and Mr Wills was pronounced
dead at the scene, apparently as a result of head injuries sustained
in the initial collision.
He lived by himself in the Moss Side area of Manchester.
He is thought to have had no children of his own, but was regarded as
a "father figure" by the two sons of a divorcee with whom he had been
in a relationship..."
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=559991&in_page_id=1770
--
World Carfree Network
http://www.worldcarfree.net/
Help for your car-addicted friends in the U.K.