Talking of 38 tonne trucks in the road/hybrid thread came this story
in today's local paper. No talk of helmets this time ;-)
WOMAN CYCLIST IS 'LUCKY TO BE ALIVE'
09:30 - 26 May 2004
A woman cyclist had a "miraculous" escape after being run over by a
38-tonne articulated truck.
The woman, in her mid-30s, narrowly escaped with her life after being
hit by the truck at about 11.30am yesterday as it turned left onto
Boulevard from Hessle Road.
She had been cycling with her husband at the time of the accident.
Her bicycle went under the truck, between the first two sets of
wheels.
But the driver stopped before she went under the wheels, although she
was pinned down by the bike.
Station Officer John Levesley, of Hull's Central Fire Station, said:
"She had a miraculous escape and is very lucky to be alive.
"The wagon stopped just short of the second axle - if she had gone
under the wheel she would have been dead."
Firefighters jacked up the lorry's front wheels to allow colleagues to
cut through the cycle frame using hydraulic equipment.
The woman, who has not been named, was rushed to Hull Royal Infirmary
with a suspected broken left leg.
Mr Levesley, who retired from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service just
hours after attending the incident, said: "She had what looked like a
broken left femur.''