Cyclist sent flying after crossing road without looking when view was blocked

Ian Payne, 68, had pulled right into a street in Hampshire on Could 23 when he collided with the 18-year-old bicycle owner (Footage: Kennedy Information and Media)

A bicycle owner has been filmed smashing right into a van’s windscreen at such a pace, it led the driving force to suppose he was ‘lifeless’.

Plumber Ian Payne, 68, pulled right into a street on the way in which to repair a leak in Hampshire when the rider – who has not been recognized – emerged from behind a parked van.

The 18-year-old bicycle owner, who wore a baseball cap as a substitute of a helmet, collided with the bonnet earlier than smashing the windscreen and hitting the ground.

Addressing tradesman working close by, Ian claimed: ‘That wasn’t my fault. It wasn’t even quick.’

On the bottom and in ache, the bicycle owner mentioned: ‘F*** me, that damage.’

Dad-of-five Ian mentioned he known as police and ambulance crews to the scene, however the bicycle owner rode off earlier than medical workers arrived.

He added: ‘Simply once I’d come off the A3, there was a van on the island and there have been some guys fixing a lightweight.

“[The cyclist had] come off the footpath, straight throughout one street then on a footpath onto the island and hit me. He was so quick.’

Ian claimed he was coming into the street at ‘about 18 miles an hour’ when the incident occurred.

He continued: ‘I all the time thought I used to be a cautious driver anyway, he was simply going so quick I might by no means cease him.

‘There was house for him to cease so actually he ought to have stopped on the opposite facet of the street.

‘When he went down, I assumed he was lifeless due to the pressure he hit the window display.

‘You possibly can solely see the cracks on the footage however the window display was smashed proper in.

‘The way in which that his head hit it, I simply can’t imagine that he walked away.”

The plumber has since shared the video to Fb to ‘make folks conscious that dashcams are sensible to have’. It has acquired greater than 17,000 views and 500 feedback.

In an announcement, a Hampshire Police spokesperson confirmed they have been known as simply after 4pm on Could 23 to a report of a collision on the M275.

They mentioned: ‘The bicycle owner, an 18-year-old man, sustained minor accidents. The circumstances of this incident are underneath investigation. 

‘No arrests have been made on the present time.’

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