UK User Tweets About Hit and Run, Launching Police Probe
A Norfolk, England, driver felt so entitled to "knock a cyclist off his bike" that she boasted about the act on Twitter, where users quickly recognized the act as a hit-and-run accident and notified the authorities, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
A Norfolk, England, driver felt so entitled to “knock a cyclist off his bike” that she boasted about the act on Twitter, where users quickly recognized the act as a hit-and-run accident and notified the authorities, according to a report in the Daily Mail.
The police subsequently launched an investigation and direct-messaged the driver, Emma Way, 21, asking her to come forward.
The cyclist, a 29-year-old chef, came forward to say that he had originally had no intention of reporting the incident, which occurred during a cycling race, fearing that his girlfriend would ask him not to ride in future races.
He said the driver had swerved to miss another cyclist, then hit him off his bike and into a hedge along the side of the road.
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