2009-12-07 - Rider Down, Queen of cadence downed

RP was downed last night by a 4x4 on Westminster Bridge. After several hours in A&E the prognosis was OK, badly bruised knees,hip and wrist. That was a lot better than the original potential broken leg and wrist.
RP was travelling south on Westminster bridge last night when she was knocked down by a 4x4. As she reached the south-side of the bridge there was a queue of traffic near the lights. RP was riding down the bus lane when it appears that another driver flashed the offending driver to allow him to move left into the end of the bus lane near the light. The 4x4 then made his move without proper observation to move straight across RP's path. Even under heavy breaking she couldn't avoid the collision and hit the front of the side of the vehicle. RP and the bike cart wheeled through the air to then impact on the pavement. NOTE: Head saved by wearing a helmet!
Heal fast Ray.

Best wishes to RP for a fast recovery.

shit news - heal up rachel…

[did you check if the driver looked like this, what with the new winter rolla league starting and Rach being the current champ and all that]

Sorry to hear it and hope she is ok.

get well soon Rachel

That's awful. Rachel, recover quickly. It would be great to see you riding at the Rollapaluza on 22 December.

Hope the bike is ok as well.

Bad news ideed, get some RnR and I'm sure you'll be back to warp speed soon.

Sounds nasty. Hope Rachel recovers quickly and isn't in too much pain today.

sounds like a bad stack. but good to hear that it's only some bruising. heal up RP

Bad to hear, good to hear you're OK.

Feel better RP. :-)

thank you everyone... getting stiffer by the minute. I'm sure I'll be ok in a few days.
Feeling very lucky indeed.

Wouldn't miss Rolla racing for the world Clive!

see you soon

Yeah, heal up fast... Sounds nasty... :[

thank you everyone... getting stiffer by the minute. I'm sure I'll be ok in a few days.
Feeling very lucky indeed.

Wouldn't miss Rolla racing for the world Clive!

see you soon

Brilliant! MrsO has persuaded Martin to come along. It's down to you and me to crush him :o))

Hurry to get back to fighting fitness.

Ouch! GWS

I'm very sorry to hear that.
I'm going to the fracture clinic myself this afternoon and I'm still in quite lot of pain after more than a week from my incident, so I really feel for RP.
Use ice packs for 20mins every few hours - it makes a hell lot of difference!

Best wishes, Rachel. Get better soon!

Get well soon and heal fast.

ouch... glad you're ok.

Ouch Rachel, heal up soon.

GWS but make sure there is no soft tissue damage as that can cause longer time to heal.

Not much consolation I know but glad to hear this wasn't any worse for you. Get well soon and all the best for your recovery.

sorry to hear this, get well soon.

Rachel - how is your recovery coming on? Hoping to see you next week.

Hello,

Recovery is coming on well. I can walk ok now but stairs are still tricky!! I hope I can at least make some sort of attempt on Tuesday but I will be there for sure.
Will get some physio over the xmas / new year period so Im ready to go in the New year.

Thanks again everyone for the kind messages.

Very glad it wasn't more serious. God speed on your recovery