Moped/Scooter UK news "thrown into air"
- Author: Wayne (---.maine.rr.com)
- Verified User: waynebroderick
- Date Posted: 12-17-02 20:11
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=59380&command=displayContent&sourceNode=58907&contentPK=3205318
From Wayne:
Not sure If I'm reading this right-- it's new news from Dec 10, but the accident happened in 2001.
It says moped, but it is a scooter story. Does this belong here, or should I have screened it?
Also--- we all know that the "ARMY" and "BRANCHES" are all about 50cc mopeds (pedals).... I get the impression people on the forum are interested in ANY nifty engine development--- the smaller the better. Whatever we decided---we talked a lot about the SEGWAY....
We will see more and more small cars-- and some will be Pee-Vee's and evolution of the Gyro. (think about the cars in the background of the movie AI)
I saw a Mini cooper today!! Man, was it cool.... almost like a "Moped car" if only it had an "SUV'S Suck" sticker... but it was brand new and deluxe.
I digress--- here's a story about a guy who got wiped out on his scooter, so ride safe, and figure out why his death in 2001 is making news in 2003!!
-Wayne
THROWN INTO AIR
TIM JAYS
12:30 - 10 December 2002
War veteran Charles Sanderson was left for dead after being struck by a moped, a court heard.
The 86-year-old was crossing Dudley Street, Grimsby, when the collision happened, the town's magistrates were told.
It is claimed the moped rider, Elizabeth Cook, then fled the scene.
Mr Sanderson later died from his injuries.
Cook (24), who went on trial yesterday, pleaded not guilty to careless driving.
The former Cromwell Road resident did not enter pleas to charges of driving without insurance, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report an accident.
Mr Sanderson's wife, Kathleen, was just five yards behind the former soldier when he suffered fatal injuries on August 16, 2001.
Giving evidence, the widow said she had visited the Fieldhouse Medical Centre in Dudley Street with her husband shortly before the incident.
They had made to cross the road, with Mr Sanderson walking in front.
"I tried to stop him going because I saw the (motor) cycle coming," Mrs Sanderson said.
"I told him to stop and he kept on going. After that I heard such a thud. It all happened so quickly."
The Winston Avenue couple had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary two months before the accident.
The incident was witnessed by Grimsby man Paul Stennett, who was having a conversation with his friend Andrew Beckett by the roadside.
Mr Stennett described how he saw Mr Sanderson "thrown right up into the air" by the impact.
As Mr Stennett went to see how Mr Sanderson was, he saw Cook frozen to the spot and apparently in shock.
"She then ran off," he said.
Shortly before the accident, Cook was spotted at a set of traffic lights by bricklayer Mark Porter, who was driving a company pickup truck. He said he had been waiting at the lights when the moped had pulled up alongside.
"I thought it was a bit silly," he said.
"It's a tight junction and there's not enough room for two vehicles."
The moped had pulled quickly away from the junction, Mr Porter said. The incident happened just 150 metres from the traffic lights, but he did not witness the crash.
David Shucksmith, a vehicle examiner for Humberside Police, told the court the deflated rear tyre of Cook's scooter would have made it difficult to steer the vehicle.
The case continues.
tim.jays@grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
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