Cyclist in alleged hit and run dragged herself onto roundabout before collapsing
09.12.2022 - 08:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots cyclist has told how she feels lucky to be alive after feeling her head ‘bounce’ off the road three times during a horror hit and run collision. Audrey Power is appealing for the driver of the vehicle to come forward after she was knocked off her bike on the A6091 Melrose Bypass in the Scottish Borders on Sunday, December 4.
The 50-year-old, who has been cycling her whole life, was approaching the junction near the Borders General Hospital when a car ‘came flying out of nowhere’ and crashed into her. She managed to drag herself onto Melrose roundabout where she collapsed but was helped by hero passersby who called 999.
The business owner suffered a chipped bone in her arm, a large cut on her elbow, a head injury along with painful bruising and swelling on her left leg and hip. Despite her gory injuries, Audrey is trying to look at the positives but is very keen for the driver of the silver hatchback-style vehicle to hand themselves in.
The mum-of-three said: “It all happened so quickly. One second I’m cycling and the next a car has rammed into me at speed. The reality of it is just hitting me now and I’m very lucky to be alive. But that’s my road biking days over I think. It was horrendous but it could have been so much worse.
“You read about these things happening but never think it will happen to you. I believe the car drove straight onto the roundabout without any sign of slowing down at the junction and hit me with the driver side of their car. There is bound to be damage to the vehicle.
“I felt my bike go out from under and all I remember was my head bouncing on the ground two or three times. Once I landed on the ground fully, I started trying to move things and I got myself onto the grass at the roundabout
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