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Dent in helmet: credit Royal Parks PoliceCyclist suffers serious brain bleed in mystery crash he has no memory of
A cyclist who suffered a bleed on the the brain after a mystery crash in Regent's Park on his way to work is appealing for witnesses to try and find out what happened to him.
The man was commuting between 7.20 and 7.40am on August 11 when something - he cannot remember what - happened and left him on the floor.
Police said they do not know if a vehicle was involved and shared an image of the rider's helmet which appears to have a dent in the back.
The man suffered a brain bleed and a concussion, but didn't discover this until later that day.
He was cycling by the Hanover Gate in the Outer Circle at the time.
After the incident, which involved him being unseated from his bike, he got back on and cycled to work.
It was only when he later felt ill that he went to hospital and discovered the extent of his injuries.
He reported the incident to police a week later, and officers and Royal Parks officials are now seeking to help him work out what happened.
The Royal Parks's dedicated police officer Will Richards tweeted: "A male has got in contact with @theroyalparks to ask if anyone can piece together for him how he came to suffer a bleed on the brain and concussion while cycling to work. He has no memory of how he came to be so seriously injured!"
He added: "His bike has a minor scuff to the front handlebar, and a misaligned front wheel.
"We simply don't know if any vehicle was involved or not. As previously stated by@theroyalparks there's no conspiracy here, simply trying to help a cycle commuter piece together what happened."
Anyone who witnessed what happened or who has dashcam footage should email regentspark [at] met.police.uk or regents [at] royalparks.org.uk.
I wonder how he was able to get a dent in the back of his helmet. I'd find it really hard to believe he got bucked by a deer. Or took the curb badly. If this is a hit and run, I'm afraid to say @theroyalparks should really consider shutting the circle to cars. #climatebreakdown
— Gethin Banks (@BanksGethin) August 19, 2021
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Having woken up in KCH Stroke Ward, with no idea how I got there, I do sympathise. I had been in coma for a week, with sub-dural haematoma, which is bleeding in the brain's middle layer. So I have no recall whatever of why or how I got there. I'm told that K&S Air Ambulance helicopter was involved, and the A&E Surgical team. So thanks again to them, and yes, a bicycle was involved though without a mark on it. My Garmin shows 27mph then zero, one second later, so some G force involved too. So I humbly suggest that it's best to accept it and move on unless there is strong evidence of stroke risk factors. Having no recall may be a survival mechanism as you will not be distracted by it in future. PTSD not so good..
a decade ago i came off my bike when hitting a sleeping policeman. Still no memory of the period between about 10 seconds before and regaining consciouness in an ambulance....witnesses said the tyre burst and jammed and sent me over the handlebars. the policeman was fine
... and now works for Lancashire Police running the review of video evidence.
and now works for Lancashire Police running the review of video evidence
I had to 'like' that one!
But did you wake them up?
I'm guessing either it was a door mirror that clouted him from behind, a kamikaze pigeon, or a squirrel throwing his nuts from above.
Could've been a squirrel swarm as they often get fed by people and become surprisingly bold
Didn't that happen to that Cracknell bloke? Lorry mirror hit him from behind.
Dent to the back of the helmet, misaligned front wheel and scuff to handlbars. Brain bleed but no other signs of coming off his bike mentioned like road rash or abrasions. No wonder it is a mystery.
Helmet row incoming in 3...2...1...
Think Mr.Banks is a bit confused there, it would indeed be hard to believe the injured man was "bucked by a deer" as there are no deer in Regent's Park (apart from in the zoo).
Wishing the injured man a speedy recovery.
Wouldn't have happened if he'd been wearing one
Snark disengaged. Hoping he's back on his bike soon
Where I live, "bucked by a deer" has a rather amusing but alarming sexual connotation