Royal Motorcade Outrider: smashes into OAP: Woman in her 80s is fighting for her life

[arista]

SkyNewsHD
showed the Busy Road
the old lady was hit, and flew down the road


[Sophie's motorcycle escort cop smashes
into OAP: Woman in her 80s is fighting
for her life after being hit by royal motorcade
outrider as she crossed London road - Duchess
of Edinburgh is 'praying for the injured lady']


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/11/12/70861251-12072511-image-a-5_1683805938590.jpg


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/11/01/70839319-12070241-A_SEG_Special_Escort_Group_police_bike_can_be_seen _inside_a_poli-m-48_1683764305684.jpg



[An elderly woman has been taken
to hospital in a critical condition after
she was struck by a police motorbike
escorting Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh,
in west London.

At around 3.21pm on Wednesday,
the motorcycle collided with the woman
near the junction of Cromwell Road and
Warwick Road in Earl's Court.

Paramedics from the
London Ambulance Service and
London's Air Ambulance rushed
to the scene and a woman,
aged in her 80s, has been taken to Hospital.]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12070241/Woman-80s-critically-ill-police-escort-motorbike-smashed-her.html

[Liam-]

Why does Sophie need a motorcade? She’s one of the good ones but come on

[Niamh.]

Poor woman, it would be a miracle if she recovered from that

[Livia]

I'm not sure saying he smashed into her tells the full story. He collided with her. Presumably she was in the road at the time. Terrible accident though, hope she recovers.

[arista]

Why does Sophie need a motorcade? She’s one of the good ones but come on


Other Royals were with her

[arista]

A lady, from that area,
said it was at speed the old lady was hit in the road
Hard Road to cross if you are a slow walker

[arista]

I'm not sure saying he smashed into her tells the full story. He collided with her. Presumably she was in the road at the time. Terrible accident though, hope she recovers.

Yes,
it appears she was trying to cross the road
with no idea of this fast moving Royal Motorcade bike.

[Cherie]

Bless her, I hope she will be okay

[Crimson Dynamo]

i very much doubt she will survive

that is a crossing so either the lady did not press the button to stop the traffic or the outrider ran a red light?

[arista]

i very much doubt she will survive

that is a crossing so either the lady did not press the button to stop the traffic or the outrider ran a red light?


Yes, fighting for her life in Hospital.

[rusticgal]

It doesn’t sound good at her age…

[rusticgal]

i very much doubt she will survive

that is a crossing so either the lady did not press the button to stop the traffic or the outrider ran a red light?


I don’t think Motorcades stop at traffic lights…:shrug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

I don’t think Motorcades stop at traffic lights…:shrug:

Poor lady maybe waited for the green man and stepped out and was hit

that cant be right?

[arista]

SkyNewsHD
updated her condition

Sadly, she is now in a Coma.
Her family at the hospital

[Liam-]

Really goes to show just how much royalty cares about its ‘subjects’ though doesn’t it? They can see an old woman trying to cross the street and they don’t stop?

[Livia]

Like the rider headed for the woman with complete unconcern! Idiotic thing to say. The motorcade was approaching with lights flashing. The woman was in the road. Had she been on the pavement when the bike hit her I might believe they callously headed straight for her. I wonder how the rider is.... Must be shocking to have someone step in front of you when your whole motorcade is lit up like a Christmas tree.

[rusticgal]

Does everyone automatically step into the road when the Green man flashes???...because I always check to see if the traffic has stopped or approaching cars are slowing down. I never take it for granted.

[bots]

people do unfathomable things sometimes, they just don't think for a second and if you are unlucky, you end up in trouble

Motorcades don't stop for anything, it's a security prerequisite

[thesheriff443]

Does anyone think the rider wanted to hit an old lady

[Livia]

Really goes to show just how much royalty cares about its ‘subjects’ though doesn’t it? They can see an old woman trying to cross the street and they don’t stop?

Does anyone think the rider wanted to hit an old lady

Liam thinks he saw her, but ploughed on regardless.

[bots]

To suggest that Sophie could remote control the motorcade is perhaps the most stupid thing ive ever seen written on this site

[Livia]

To suggest that Sophie could remote control the motorcade is perhaps the most stupid thing ive ever seen written on this site

And, wow.... That's a wide, wide field.

[arista]

Really goes to show just how much royalty cares about its ‘subjects’ though doesn’t it? They can see an old woman trying to cross the street and they don’t stop?


That Rider
only was worried about protecting the Royals.
He did not know she was trying to cross that Massive Dangerous
Junction

[arista]

To suggest that Sophie could remote control the motorcade is perhaps the most stupid thing ive ever seen written on this site


Yes it was a tragic accident,

[AnnieK]

The lady who was hit has sadly died :sad:

[bots]

yes, it was inevitable really. A young person would be extremely lucky to survive a heavy motor bike crashing into them let alone an elderly person

[Mystic Mock]

The lady who was hit has sadly died :sad:

Unfortunately I'm not surprised looking at what happened.

RIP.

[Cherie]

Poor lady she was visiting her sister in London :sad:

[Oliver_W]

To suggest that Sophie could remote control the motorcade is perhaps the most stupid thing ive ever seen written on this site

Nah, it was obviously KKKate's fault :fist:

[arista]

The lady who was hit has sadly died :sad:


[Helen Holland from Birchanger in Essex,
was struck at the junction of West Cromwell Road
and Warwick Road in Earl's Court,
west London, on 10 May.

Her family said the 81-year-old fought
"for her life for nearly two weeks... but irreversible
damage to her brain finally ended the battle today".

An investigation into the crash
by the police watchdog is ongoing.]



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65691643