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Towpath walker in Mountain Bike Incident

Andy Healey

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Speaking to a friend on a Classic Car run at the weekend, his close female friend, known to us through a Classic Car group has died after an incident on a towpath in the East or West Midlands area, apparently hit by a Mountain Biker whilst out walking. The lady was hit hard by the biker and had a severe blow to the head. Very tragic, happened around Wednesday last week.

Have checked news sources but can see no incident mentioned.

Anyone heard of this incident?

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NickF Rising Star

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Has the culprit been arrested?

Lets not assume whose fault this tragic accident was until we have more information. If it was on the road and not a towpath it is feasible that the cyclist was not at fault.

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If a child runs into the road and is hit by a car is the driver of the car responsible/ the culprit?

If that happens and the driver calls an ambulance guess who gets a bill for the cost of the ambulance?

 

Here's a clue: it's not the parents of the child.

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Terrible accident. Bush Heath Lane is quite far from the canal however, and the report makes no mention of any towpath.

The thread title appears to be worded carefully to suggest this was a towpath incident, by referring to the lady as a 'towpath walker'. One hope that is an honest mistake. It would be awful to think someone's tragic loss would be cynically manipulated to incite outrage and stoke anti cyclist feeling.

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I honestly don't know. Let's imagine a scenario: mother is dividing her attention between trying to light her fag in a strong wind and reading a text message on her phone. Young child takes the opportunity to run into the road. Car driver, taking due care and observation during his or her journey, hits the child. The accident was impossible to avoid. Are we saying that if the driver tries to save the child's life by immediately calling 999 and asking for an ambulance, a bill for the service will follow in the post? If so, it would seem that the ambulance service have behaved in the way of a kangaroo court and identified the driver as responsible/ the culprit. Could we then assume that a court of law would follow the same theme?

 

How about if the mother calls the ambulance, who gets the bill?

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It would be awful to think someone's tragic loss would be cynically manipulated to incite outrage and stoke anti cyclist feeling.

Do you not feel that a cyclist hitting a pedestrian and killing her - if that is what happened - might tend to "stoke anti-cyclist feeling" wherever it took place?

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Terrible accident. Bush Heath Lane is quite far from the canal however, and the report makes no mention of any towpath.

The thread title appears to be worded carefully to suggest this was a towpath incident, by referring to the lady as a 'towpath walker'. One hope that is an honest mistake. It would be awful to think someone's tragic loss would be cynically manipulated to incite outrage and stoke anti cyclist feeling.

I think it was a case of Chinese Whispers. OP wrote that the incident 'occurred on the towpath', repeating what he'd heard at a rally.

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There seems to be an assumption here that the claimed towpath incident and the one in the news article may be the same thing.

 

Yet not only is the one in the news article nowhere near a tow-path it is also on November 19th, (a Saturday), whereas OP suggests towpath incident was around Wednesday last week, which is a full 4 days later.

 

Perhaps OP can confirm whether the person they refer to as dying was likely to be 71 years old?

 

At the moment, other than a geographical connection to the Midlands, and the fact the deceased was female, I can't see a jot of connection between the reported road incident, and the claimed towpath one.

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Surely no one: the ambulance service is provided by the N.H.S.

 

Unfortunately reality is far removed form your understanding of how the NHS works.

 

From "who pays for treatment"

 

If you've been unfortunate enough to be involved in an accident in the UK, you may be unaware of the laws surrounding hospital payments. Most people would assume that since the NHS service is free, there is never any kind of question over making payments to hospitals for treatment after an accident, but that isn't always the case.

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Unfortunately reality is far removed form your understanding of how the NHS works.

 

From "who pays for treatment"

 

If you've been unfortunate enough to be involved in an accident in the UK, you may be unaware of the laws surrounding hospital payments. Most people would assume that since the NHS service is free, there is never any kind of question over making payments to hospitals for treatment after an accident, but that isn't always the case.

If there's meant to be a link there, I can't see it, so not a lot of point in mentioning an unnamed source though!

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If there's meant to be a link there, I can't see it, so not a lot of point in mentioning an unnamed source though!

Have a look at the Road Traffic Act 1988. Lots of 'ifs' and 'buts' involved but essentially charges can be levied for the first medical treatment given (and not for the ambulance transport as is popularly believed), for any follow on outpatient treatment and for any in patient treatment. These are fees set under the RTA and are revised periodically. Normally managed by the hospital. The first mentioned is chargeable regardless whilst the latter two depend upon whether any compensation (for injury) is paid to the injured party. All charges will normally be covered by your car insurer - have a look at your policy under RTA fees.

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Which is a brilliant setup where if my bike is worn out I can throw it at your car then it's your fault and you have to buy me a new one.

What, pay the whole cost? Surely you and the driver could go Dutch.
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