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Lauren Dolan (picture credit SWPix.com, Alex Whitehead)Devon motorist denies causing crash which left GB rider Lauren Dolan with broken collarbone
A motorist charged with several offences in relation to a road traffic collision that left Great Britain Cycling Team rider Lauren Dolan with a broken collarbone just 48 hours after she helped the country win a bronze medal at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Yorkshire last year has appeared in court.
Dolan, aged 20, was riding with her father between Teignmouth and Dawlish in her home county of Devon on 24 September 2019 when she was knocked off her bike.
Devon Live reports that 73-year-old Robert Newton is charged with causing the crash by slamming his brakes on after overtaking Ms Dolan, which caused her to hit a traffic island, go over her handlebars and break her collarbone.
Two days earlier, she had been part of the team that finished third in the inaugural team time trial mixed relay in Harrogate.
Newton appeared at Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court today to face charges of driving his grey Daihatsu without due care and attention, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report the accident; he pleaded not guilty to all the charges, with his defence claiming he overtook Ms Dolan safely and that he did not brake harshly.
The District Judge has adjourned the case until 30 March.
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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