Hit and run on child cyclist in Deptford Church St this afternoon.

[ComedyPilot]

How the holy blazes can we stand by and let this continue to happen? When will our justice system get some teeth and make the punishment fit the crime?

 

[marafi]

Marafi, unfortunately the child did - see an earlier response on this thread.
Not just the loss of a child but the impact on that family and friends.

Oh my days. May the lord help them from the loss of a child! I can never imagine what they must be feeling! That is TERRIBLE!! If it was any of the children i knew or loved. Then that man is going to wish he never drink and drive again! I hope he gets help for doing that in the first place! God help the children!

 

[marafi]

How the holy blazes can we stand by and let this continue to happen? When will our justice system get some teeth and make the punishment fit the crime?

Very well said. Unfortunately due to corruption, things may become worst.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I'm struggling with this one. The local online press is useless at the best of times and even more so on a Friday afternoon, yet none of them have covered the story even now. It's as though the death of a child killed by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car is not even worth covering; as though it's just another everyday happening that nobody's interested in!

The only public trace I can find about it is on traffic news sites. Because of delays and the inconvenience!

 

[ComedyPilot]

The person thing that did this should be hunted down IMO. Where is the local news link to this, it ought to go viral and have the vermin found.

 

[ComedyPilot]

I'm struggling with this one. The local online press is useless at the best of times and even more so on a Friday afternoon, yet none of them have covered the story even now. It's as though the death of a child killed by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car is not even worth covering; as though it's just another everyday happening that nobody's interested in!

The only public trace I can find about it is on traffic news sites. Because of delays and the inconvenience!

That makes me sick to the stomach.

 

[CopperCyclist]

The whole countries wrong. I don't understand how we are a democracy, yet what the majority of people I talk to want, we never get.

 

[numbnuts]

Condolences to the family and friends

 

[ComedyPilot]

Meat and 2 veg politics I am afraid CopperCyclist. People can't see past tory/lib/lab. We need someone with balls and no allegience to anyone to come in and get a grip.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've just realised that I've seen the lad on his bike before - he was friends with people down on the ground floor in my block. This makes him - TJ to his friends - older than I'd been led to believe, around 17, not that will make the loss any easier for his parents. There are now bouquets and messages of condolence on the central railings but I didn't see any police appeals for witnesses signs. I hope this means that the police have enough eye witness accounts.

 

[her_welshness]

This is terribly sad news - I cycled up through Deptford Church Street for 5 years and the driving around there and Deptford High Street is horrendous. It makes me feel so angry.

 

[A London Cyclist]

I passed the incident yesterday whilst cycling home from work, very sad and my condolences go out to the family.

As others have said, some drivers on the road are morons, and this idiot doubly so; what was so important that they couldn't stop? You steal a car and end up killing someone - I hope WHEN you're found they throw away the key.

I do cycle with a camera at all times because the Police seem resourceless to stop these idiots unless incidents like this occur - when will we learn? I do have footage of my journey (I passed the incident at around 5.30pm - more than willing to pass on the footage to Police if required - there might be something of relevance as I was travelling from Bermondsey direction into Church Street).

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A London Cyclist, from what I've heard witnesses got the registration number. As the driver doubled back and went up Coffey Street, his most likely escape route after the high street would have been either up Edward Street or along Evelyn Street. You would have been on Evelyn Street travelling in the other direction so it's possible they passed you in the opposite direction. It might be a long shot but it's worth asking the police if your headcam video images might help them narrow down the ''what happened next'' bit. PM me if you'd rather I phoned around first to see whether the police (probably that traffic accident unit in Catford) are interested.

 

[Crankarm]

RIP.

The roads are now way too dangerous for cyclists.

Has a white bike been placed at the scene yet?

 

[Crankarm]

I've just realised that I've seen the lad on his bike before - he was friends with people down on the ground floor in my block. This makes him - TJ to his friends - older than I'd been led to believe, around 17, not that will make the loss any easier for his parents. There are now bouquets and messages of condolence on the central railings but I didn't see any police appeals for witnesses signs. I hope this means that the police have enough eye witness accounts.

Maybe you should contact the London TV networks yourself to get this horrible fatality beamed into peoples' living rooms or onto their compootas? Just a thought.