http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Paralympic silver medallist Karen Darke hurt in crash en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:41:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10419#post-113834 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:08:51 +0000 kaputnik 113834@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>By "massive" I meant "passive". Of course. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10419#post-113831 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:32:42 +0000 fimm 113831@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oooh nasty, nasty.<br /> I wish her a speedy recovery indeed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10419#post-113829 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:30:25 +0000 Roibeard 113829@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now edited to:</p> <p><em>Darke, who won silver in the women's H1-2 time trial at London 2012, was on a training run near Penrith last Tuesday when she was hit by a car.</em></p> <p>Just one step further to get the report amended to include agency, for at the moment the "hammer" did the hitting rather than the wielder of the hammer...</p> <p>So someone either noticed, or responded in a timely fashion to a complaint.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10419#post-113827 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:56:00 +0000 kaputnik 113827@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-22857310">Paralympic silver medallist Karen Darke hurt in crash</a></p> <p><em>Inverness-based Paralympic cyclist Karen Darke is recovering in hospital after a crash in Cumbria.</p> <p>Darke, who won silver in the women's H1-2 time trial at London 2012, was on a training run near Penrith last Tuesday when she in collision with [a] car.</em></p> <p>and then...</p> <p><em>it was understood that her low-slung hand-cycle was hit from behind and the car went over one side of her machine.</em></p> <p>So I think it would more accurately be reported as being "rear-ended and driven-over", rather than "in collision with a car". Or if the BBC insist on it being even more massive "being collided with by a car"?</p> <p>A speedy recovery I wish her. </p>