COLLISION IN CYCLE RACE
Elderly Man In Path Of Competitors
(N2. Press Association) BLENHEIM, May 15. A spectacular crash near the finish of a 25-mile road cycling event on Saturday is to have a happy ending Heads down, and feet pedalling on the main highway between Picton and Blenheim came a bunch of eyelists vieing fpr honours after a gruelling *‘.de Also on the road was an elderly man from the Amersfoote Old People’s Home He, of course, was not in such a hurry. A gust of wind caused his bicycle to veer inthe path of the cyclists, the inevitable happened and down came three of the racers, M. Meyer, B. Manning. and C James, together with the elderly gentleman in a tangle of bodies and bicycles.
Two of the cyclists. Manning and James, were admitted to hospital, neither, fortunately, seriously injured. . On Saturday night they had a visitor to their hospital beds. It was the elderly gentleman from Amersfoote. who apologised profusely for “getting in the way ” The cyclists, true sportsmen. dismissed the whole affair as part of the game and have decided to repair the elderly gentleman’s bicycle for him.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29514, 16 May 1961, Page 17
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192COLLISION IN CYCLE RACE Press, Volume C, Issue 29514, 16 May 1961, Page 17
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