- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
news
Cars after the hit-and-run driver crashed (Twitter: Ellesmere Port Fire Station)Driver flips car onto side... minutes after seriously injuring cyclist in hit and run
A driver has been arrested for causing two collisions on the same stretch of road in Chester just minutes apart and being “unfit to drive”, which saw him turn his own car onto the side and left a cyclist with “serious, but not life-threatening” injuries.
The cyclist had reported the first incident to the police where they had been struck by the driver of a black and white Mini Cooper who had failed to stop at the scene on Wednesday (26th April) shortly after 6PM at the end of the Chester High Road.
A short time later, at 6:20PM, officers were called to another crash scene at Parkgate Road, a few kilometres down the spot of the earlier crash. They found the black and white Mini turned onto its side after the driver collided with a blue Skoda Octavia, leaving the 42-year-old driver trapped inside until firefighters arrived to help free him. Both drivers suffered minor injuries.
A spokesperson for Cheshire Police told Wirral Glove: “The driver of the mini, a 42-year-old man, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop and being unfit to drive. He is currently being questioned in police custody.
“Enquiries in relation to the incidents are ongoing and officers are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the incidents or anyone with any dashcam footage.”
The cyclist has been taken to the Aintree Hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries, while both drivers also sustained minor injuries.
Paramedics and fire crew were also called on to the site, who stabilised the two vehicles involved and then created space at the rear of one of the cars to enable the occupant to self-extricate from the vehicle.
Anyone with information in relation to this incidents is urged to report it to Cheshire Police via the website quoting IML-1533465 or call 101.
Adwitiya joined road.cc in 2023 as a news writer after graduating with a masters in journalism from Cardiff University. His dissertation focused on active travel, which soon threw him into the deep end of covering everything related to the two-wheeled tool, and now cycling is as big a part of his life as guitars and football. He has previously covered local and national politics for Voice Wales, and also likes to writes about science, tech and the environment, if he can find the time. Living right next to the Taff trail in the Welsh capital, you can find him trying to tackle the brutal climbs in the valleys.
Latest Comments
- CyclingGardener 16 min 44 sec ago
Extraordinary level of rudeness to one of his constituents who seems to want to debate courteously. You'd think if nothing else self-interest would...
- ErnieC 2 hours 5 min ago
Not sure if that is actually an insult, now tonsil on the other hand certainly is. Tonsils serve absolutely no purpose.
- ROOTminus1 3 hours 56 min ago
Ranks of youth in maillot noir et beige? Too paramilitary? Swap out the revolutionary berets for areo lids and casquette
- froze 6 hours 26 min ago
This is terrible news, one of the best, if not the best, custom-made steel bicycle manufacturers in the world becoming extinct....
- froze 6 hours 33 min ago
Hmm, well some people are a pain the arse to get the pain the ass gone, I'm one of those....
- Eton Rifle 8 hours 59 min ago
I've never been "forced" to stop in an ASL when driving. I use this one weird trick called "paying attention and planning my driving". It will...
- eburtthebike 9 hours 52 min ago
I look forward to this being thoroughly analysed and discussed ignored in the election campaign....
- Simon E 10 hours 30 min ago
What's your point? They are using recycled aluminium, which is surely a positive move and doesn't appear to be common practice....
- chrisonabike 11 hours 14 min ago
Indeed. So you wonder - why facilitate them? What are they contributing to?...
Add new comment
14 comments
Just down the road from the much missed Eureka. There have been many KSIs on that road including a few cyclist deaths, no council has ever lifted a finger in provisioning any safe cycling infra. That's not to say it would have made a blind bit of difference with a pissed up driver on the roads.
I hope we see a custodial sentence, it can happen....sometimes.
Oh and the local online news sources around here had the headline "mini flips onto roof" 🤷♂️
' leaving the 42-year-old driver trapped inside until firefighters arrived to help free him'.
if I was an attending firefighter I would have taken a REAL long time to find my tools. 'Now where did I leave those metal cutters? I'm sure I left them in this locker. Oh no, not here . . . Let me think about this for a while'
I feel that this is a good argument for all cars to have front and rear cameras.
Not only would this help in investigating the final crash, it would help in proving that it was the same driver who injured the cyclist.
Flight recorders for cars, if you think about it.
Wouldn't certain police forces just consider that having a camera means that the driver was going out looking for trouble?
True, and others would ignore the free availability of evidence to help them do their job.
We live in hope of somebody actually doing the right thing.
I'm sure the 12 months driving ban will make him think twice about nearly killing a couple of completely innocent people.
50 hours community service will send a message to other drivers
A good slap on the wrist must be the best deterrent, considering how often the British courts use it as a punishment.
Apparently the cyclist had no high Vis, no road tax.....
And was not using the cycle lane, even though there wasn't one. And went through a red light, even though there were none.
A great shame that the Mini driver was not more seriously injured. It is the only way these muppets will learn.
I'm glad the idiot flipped his car as otherwise this probably would have been another unsolved hit and run. It was only a cyclist after all and they weren't killed so very low priority for the police.
“unfit to drive” can cover a multitude of sins. I wonder which one this was...
If the Chester of 10 years ago, when I last lived and worked there, is anything to go by, then marching powder would probably be at the top of the list, quickly followed by whatever alcoholic beverage takes ones fancy. In fact a combination of the two seemed to be the order of the day.....