A man suspected of stealing a bike from outside a primary school in Wiltshire earlier today has been taken to hospital following a collision involving a Honda car.
The Swindon Advertiser reports that the rider was taken by ambulance to the Great Western Hospital, although the extent of his injuries is unknown.
The incident happened just before noon close to the junction of Dunsford Close and Kingshill Road, a short distance from the school that the bicycle the man was riding at the time is believed to have been taken from.
A spokesman for Wiltshire Police said: “The bicycle involved in the collision is believed to have been stolen from outside Robert Le Kyng School just prior to the collision.
He added: “Our enquiries are ongoing.”
Anyone who has information about the incident is requested to contact Wiltshire Police on the non-emergency number, 101.
16 thoughts on “Man suspected of stealing bike from Swindon primary school hospitalised after crash”
What a shame.
What a shame.
oh dear, I hope it’s nothing
oh dear, I hope it’s nothing trivial and takes him a very long time to recover.
‘Karma’!
‘Karma’!
As much as I hate hearing
As much as I hate hearing about a crash, this one made me smile, instant Karma indeed 😀
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I notice The Swinden
I notice The Swinden Advertiser refere to the suspect as a “cyclist”. No, he’s a bicycle thief, (or whatever “phrase” you care to use). If the suspect had stolen a motor vehicle, would he be refered to as a motorist?, no, he’d be refered to as a car thief, ( or whatever “phrase” you care to use).
tourdelound wrote:
If someone is driving a car, then they’re a motorist and if someone is riding a bike, they’re a cyclist (at least while they’re on the bike). I think you’re reading a bit too much into the ‘cyclist’ used as a description.
hawkinspeter wrote:
If someone swings a Golf bat at someones head does that make them a Golfer?
It’s one of my bug bears too, generally when a ‘cyclist’ knocks an old lady down on the pavement or some Hi Vis wearing lunatic commuter undertakes a tipper lorry they are reffered to as a ‘cyclist’ rather than a person who just happens to be riding a bike.
Cyclist implies some degree of competency or enthusiast status.
tourdelound wrote:
Quite right, and very similar to attributing the responsibility for a collision to the car, not the driver, as in “The car lost control…” or “The car collided with…..”. On the other hand, whenever it is a cyclist’s fault, they always say “The cyclist lost control….” etc.
It is a subtle way of removing responsibility from drivers, which nevertheless seems to work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f8BBTbWSzk
I hope the bike was in good,
I hope the bike was in good, working order when it was stolen…
Knowing the way the justice system works, I can see the rightful owner getting done for something being defective on it
PaulCee52 wrote:
I used to use my sister’s very old 5-speed Raleigh Cascade as a hack bike to get to the station, figuring no-one would ever bother stealing that.
I was wrong.
I did expect (hope!?) for a while that I would see a news report along the lines of “bike thief in hospital after crash” – it was pretty sketchy even if you were used to it, especially in the wet, as the scar on my elbow proves when I lost the front wheel on a manhole cover!
Instant justice. Love it.
Instant justice. Love it.
This is the road.cc
This is the road.cc equivalent of the Daily Mail publishing a story on an “immigrant benefit scrounger” running over a “lycra lout” – causes the readers such conflicted feelings that their heads might actually explode and an argument is bound to ensue in the comments section!
Hoping for a swift recovery
Hoping for a swift recovery and that nothing is too badly damaged.
New front wheel, brake repair, gear adjustment etc.
Karma’s a bitch innit
Karma’s a bitch innit