Done shaking.
I was running a touch late this morning, skating to work. At about 8:05, arriving at Victoria & Dundas, I looked over my shoulder for a split second to check for traffic, and in that moment a guy on a yellow Vespa-like bike wiped out 20′ in front of me, apparently cut off by a woman in a green Saturn SUV (license plate AHKY 402).
She tried to drive off, but he weakly said, “don’t leave. This is your fault.” Her window was down and she denied being at fault.
She continued to drive, maybe planning on stopping at the curb, but several other witnesses moved to stop her anyway, one telling her, “I wouldn’t leave if I were you…”
The guy on the street tried to get up, but wasn’t able to. I called 911, as nobody else seemed to have a cellphone out. While I was on hold though (maybe 10-15 seconds), a paramedic had already run over from somewhere, and 30 seconds later a police cruiser arrived on the scene. After giving the 911 operator my name & number, I left. There were plenty more people on the scene, who presumably actually saw the event occur.
Frick people are stupid. The driver seemingly assumed she wasn’t at fault because technically she didn’t hit him. And really, it could have been his fault for all I know. But don’t leave the scene you stupid, stupid, person.
Thinking about it on hindsight, judging from where they were, and the fact that I was slowing down to approach the intersection, I think she must have rushed a light and he was already in the intersection. She was northbound on Victoria, he was westbound on Dundas. I’m hardly a reliable witness in this account though.
I hope he’s okay, and I hope this doesn’t ruin the woman’s life, just teaches her a lesson.
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Early evening edit:
Bad day for commuting. Almost went splat myself courtesy of a Beck taxi that unabashedly ran right through a red light.
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Later evening edit:
Searching Twitter, this came up for the appropriate time:
@KatieSimpson24: Cp24: Cyclist struck at Dundas & Victoria. No closures yet. Possible leg fracture. Cp24 for updates.
So if Katie Simpson at CP24 is to be trusted, it’s just a “possible leg fracture.” Except that she also called him a “cyclist” and said he was “struck.” Either she’s a lazy journalist (I have no reason to believe so), or “eyewitness” testimony really is that unreliable. I couldn’t find any other mention of this in the media, CP24, or anywhere else.