The hole on Bluebell Rd.
Norwich cyclist taken to hospital after falling into hole
Monday, July 18, 2011
10:52 PM
A pensioner was left needing hospital treatment after he crashed into roadworks while riding his bicycle.
The 75-year-old’s push bike hit the roadworks, causing the man to fall into a hole on the cycle path outside City Academy Norwich in Bluebell Road at about 4.15pm today (Monday).
Police, ambulance and fire crews attended the scene.
A Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said two fire engines, one from Earlham and one from Norwich, attended the incident.
He said: “Crews rescued him using a short extension ladder and carried out casualty care and scene safety. The electricity board were requested to check exposed cables in the vicinity of the incident.”
A spokesman from the East of England Ambulance Service said the man had chest injuries and shortness of breath. He was treated at the scene and then taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
There were signs either end of the roadworks warning cyclists to dismount before passing the works. Barriers were set up around the hole.
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6 comments
With all those barriers and signs around, it's easy to see how he could miss them and fall in. What a danger to himself and others he really is. Still, you've got to laugh.
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canaryfan01603
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
I hope he wasn't one of them fellows caught up in this new craze of planking.
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John L Norton
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
I do feel sorry for this Man but is he not only a danger to himself but also to others ?
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turnover
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The worrying thing is he probably also drives a car!!
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Emz
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Maybe the council should build more of these cyclist traps and help rid the problem of cycling of paths.
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nrg
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Whilst I feel sorry for the man, maybe he should have gone to Specsavers?
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Paul Kersey
Tuesday, July 19, 2011