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.''