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Young club cyclist Joe Guy killed in collision with van

Wolverhampton Wheelers cancelled yesterday evening's track session in tribute to junior member...

Joe Guy, an up-and-coming junior rider who was a member of Wolverhampton Wheelers, has been killed in a collision with a van near Cannock in Staffordshire.

The fatal crash happened at around 9.50am yesterday morning on Straight Mile at the junction of Vicarage Road in Four Ashes.

Two ambulances were sent to the scene as well as the Midlands Air Ambulance, with West Midlands Ambulance Service saying in a statement: “Crews arrived to find the cyclist, a man, with multiple serious injuries and in cardiac arrest.

“Bystanders had already started CPR on the patient which ambulance staff took over. They also administered advanced life support but unfortunately, it became apparent that nothing could be done to save the patient and he was confirmed dead at the scene.

His identity was confirmed in a social media post by Wolverhampton Wheelers, which cancelled yesterday evening’s track session but encouraged people to come along in memory of Joe.

The club said afterwards that the response it had received from cyclists from Wolverhampton and beyond had been “overwhelming.”

Before yesterday’s Solihull No Frills No.5 race, riders held a minute’s silence in memory of Joe as well as Birmingham-born Graham Webb, the 1967 amateur road world champion, who also died yesterday.

Staffordshire Police have asked anyone who witnessed yesterday’s fatal crash or who has information to contact them on 101, quoting incident number 188 of May 31.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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bendip | 6 years ago
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i rode yesterday evening same general area, four ashes, calf heath and around the bottom of cannock chase...it was heartening to see many others who i guess must have known Joe out in their wheelers colours, i agree with yorkshire wallet..awful news like this is deeply depressing

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BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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Is it inaccurate though, just because someone doesn't meet your standard for writing doesn't mean it should be attacked by calling the author a "chimp"? Think you need to reign it in with the insults given the situation.

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hawkinspeter replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

Is it inaccurate though, just because someone doesn't meet your standard for writing doesn't mean it should be attacked by calling the author a "chimp"? Think you need to reign it in with the insults given the situation.

I don't think it is accurate. Firstly, the "young time trailling"(sic) is described as "crashing with a passing van" which implies that the rider was at fault.

The next paragraph then takes a different tack:

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The junior rider seems to have been in the wrong place in the wrong time when he suddenly found himself struck by a passing van at a junction.

Either way, I'm not calling the author a "chimp", I'm just criticising that piece of writing and given the situation, maybe a bit more care (and proof-reading) would be far more considerate of the poor boy's family and friends.

Anyhow, I apologise for causing offence as that wasn't my intention.

 

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BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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from reading elsewhere it states that he was "in the wrong place in the wrong time"(sic) and "died immediately after crashing with a passing van" http://www.trifind.com/blog/2017/06/01/2291/

RIP to family and friends.

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hawkinspeter replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 6 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

from reading elsewhere it states that he was "in the wrong place in the wrong time"(sic) and "died immediately after crashing with a passing van" http://www.trifind.com/blog/2017/06/01/2291/

That "article" reads like it was written by a chimp.

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Bob Wheeler CX | 6 years ago
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horrible

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don simon fbpe | 6 years ago
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RIP brother.

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Yorkshire wallet | 6 years ago
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RIP.

This site makes depressing reading sometimes.

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Grahamd | 6 years ago
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Terrible news, condolences to his family and friends. 

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