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11 years ago•18 Replies

BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-s...

Cyclist knocked into river in mobility scooter hit and run

A cyclist has been knocked into a river in Ipswich by an elderly woman on a mobility scooter, police have said.

The man was cycling alongside the River Orwell near Ranelagh Road when he was hit by the red mobility scooter last Monday.

He was knocked into the water and cut his back.

The driver of the scooter, believed to be between 70 and 80 years old, failed to stop. Suffolk police are appealing for witnesses.

Wasn't anyone on here was it ?

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11 years ago

I must not laugh.................

wellman2 in reply to 11 years ago

Oh go on you know you want to.

wellman211 years ago

Definitely not me ,Ipswich is a bit far out for me If it had been Milton Keynes that would have been a possible but hang on a minute age is right but not a member of the fair sex so I think you can rule me out of that particular accident,

11 years ago

twernt me mlud

11 years ago

Shocking

Defo A Crime Against Humanity

jandan11 years ago

Shucks I hope there is no CCTV

dall0511 years ago

I'll bare that in mind when I go for my bike ride to upton. Thats an unexpected danger I havn't thought about.

11 years ago

I hope they catch this woman and get her side of the story!! Was it an accident or malicious?

If guilty of a crime then she should not be allowed to drive/ride a mobility scooter!

What do you think should be a suitable punishment??

Toci11 years ago

Nobody saw me and the description isn't great. I reckon I will get away with it, hehe.

KingoftheCocktails in reply to Toci11 years ago

Caught you by your own admission.

Richard

Your daily humour tonic

medow11 years ago

Friend of mine got run over by an OAP on a mobility scooter last week, and the driver f the scooter was drunk !

11 years ago

Can you be charged with being drunk in charge of a scooter?

Bev x

Gordon57 in reply to 11 years ago

Yes... under the 1872 Licensing Act. This law still creates an offence of being drunk in public and of being drunk in charge of a carriage

peege in reply to 11 years ago

yes, and being drunk on a bicycle! I was breathalysed riding my bike not so long ago cycling back from Kingston!

Pedros11 years ago

How do the Suffolk Police explain to their Chief that they have been unable to track down an elderly driver on a mobility scooter - Subaru wasn't up to it Sir!