MTB death

[Bollo]

Heard on the South Today news this morning....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8253878.stm

The story isn't dripping with detail but it sounds very nasty. Only a young lad as well. Condolences to the family.

 

[Globalti]

My Mum lives in Downton - I expect she'll be on the phone about this later worrying about me.

What a shock for the lad's family though, I can't imagine what it must be like to lose your child.

 

[Jane Smart]

Gosh how tragic and so sad, my thoughts go to his family

xx

 

[Beardie]

Sorry, link came back as a 404.

 

[mr Mag00]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8257632.stm

 

[Trumpettom001]

"The tractor driver was not injured???" are they making some form of horrificly un-tasteful joke???

 

[ComedyPilot]

 

[ComedyPilot]

"The tractor driver was not injured???" are they making some form of horrificly un-tasteful joke???

+1

I suggest we all complain (again) to the BBC about shoddy 'journalism'

 

[jeltz]

Sorry, link came back as a 404.

I think this must be the article (or an updated one perhaps)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/8257632.stm

Utterly tragic and my thoughts are with is family.

 

[Bollo]

That's the chap. Sorry about the dud link, it looks like they moved the article as I made a point of testing the original.

I pulled up at the 'not injured' line as well.

At first reading I thought it was an accident on the A36, which wouldn't surprise me as that's an evil bit of road for cyclists. But it appears that this occurred off-road.

 

[atbman]

You'll find that "the ????? driver was not injured" is pretty much standard in all bike/motor vehicle collision reports

 

[ComedyPilot]

You'll find that "the ????? driver was not injured" is pretty much standard in all bike/motor vehicle collision reports

That's what makes it so bad. This lad was CRUSHED to death, and the Beeb thought it neccessary to reassure us that the tractor driver got away with no injury.