A driver has been arrested for causing two collisions on the same stretch of road in Chester just minutes apart and being “unfit to drive”, which saw him turn his own car onto the side and left a cyclist with “serious, but not life-threatening” injuries.
The cyclist had reported the first incident to the police where they had been struck by the driver of a black and white Mini Cooper who had failed to stop at the scene on Wednesday (26th April) shortly after 6PM at the end of the Chester High Road.
A short time later, at 6:20PM, officers were called to another crash scene at Parkgate Road, a few kilometres down the spot of the earlier crash. They found the black and white Mini turned onto its side after the driver collided with a blue Skoda Octavia, leaving the 42-year-old driver trapped inside until firefighters arrived to help free him. Both drivers suffered minor injuries.
A spokesperson for Cheshire Police told Wirral Glove: “The driver of the mini, a 42-year-old man, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop and being unfit to drive. He is currently being questioned in police custody.
“Enquiries in relation to the incidents are ongoing and officers are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the incidents or anyone with any dashcam footage.”
The cyclist has been taken to the Aintree Hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, while both drivers also sustained minor injuries.
Paramedics and fire crew were also called on to the site, who stabilised the two vehicles involved and then created space at the rear of one of the cars to enable the occupant to self-extricate from the vehicle.
Anyone with information in relation to this incidents is urged to report it to Cheshire Police via the website quoting IML-1533465 or call 101.
14 thoughts on “Driver flips car onto side… minutes after seriously injuring cyclist in hit and run”
“unfit to drive” can cover a
“unfit to drive” can cover a multitude of sins. I wonder which one this was…
If the Chester of 10 years
If the Chester of 10 years ago, when I last lived and worked there, is anything to go by, then marching powder would probably be at the top of the list, quickly followed by whatever alcoholic beverage takes ones fancy. In fact a combination of the two seemed to be the order of the day…..
A great shame that the Mini
A great shame that the Mini driver was not more seriously injured. It is the only way these muppets will learn.
ITK2012 wrote:
I’m glad the idiot flipped his car as otherwise this probably would have been another unsolved hit and run. It was only a cyclist after all and they weren’t killed so very low priority for the police.
Apparently the cyclist had no
Apparently the cyclist had no high Vis, no road tax…..
And was not using the cycle
And was not using the cycle lane, even though there wasn’t one. And went through a red light, even though there were none.
I’m sure the 12 months
I’m sure the 12 months driving ban will make him think twice about nearly killing a couple of completely innocent people.
mctrials23 wrote:
50 hours community service will send a message to other drivers
mctrials23 wrote:
A good slap on the wrist must be the best deterrent, considering how often the British courts use it as a punishment.
I feel that this is a good
I feel that this is a good argument for all cars to have front and rear cameras.
Not only would this help in investigating the final crash, it would help in proving that it was the same driver who injured the cyclist.
Flight recorders for cars, if you think about it.
belugabob wrote:
Wouldn’t certain police forces just consider that having a camera means that the driver was going out looking for trouble?
hawkinspeter wrote:
Wouldn’t certain police forces just consider that having a camera means that the driver was going out looking for trouble?— belugabob
True, and others would ignore the free availability of evidence to help them do their job.
We live in hope of somebody actually doing the right thing.
‘ leaving the 42-year-old
‘ leaving the 42-year-old driver trapped inside until firefighters arrived to help free him’.
if I was an attending firefighter I would have taken a REAL long time to find my tools. ‘Now where did I leave those metal cutters? I’m sure I left them in this locker. Oh no, not here . . . Let me think about this for a while’
Just down the road from the
Just down the road from the much missed Eureka. There have been many KSIs on that road including a few cyclist deaths, no council has ever lifted a finger in provisioning any safe cycling infra. That’s not to say it would have made a blind bit of difference with a pissed up driver on the roads.
I hope we see a custodial sentence, it can happen….sometimes.
Oh and the local online news sources around here had the headline “mini flips onto roof” ?♂️