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  • Cops hunt 'hit-and-run' driver after cyclist left hurt in Swadlincote c

    From swldxer1958@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 29 01:28:48 2023
    Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver after a cyclist was knocked over on a Swadlincote road. The motorist is then said to have struck a kerb and 'narrowly missed' some parked cars on Alexandra Road in the centre of the town.

    Officers say they were called to the scene at 7.50pm on July 23. A spokesperson for the policing team in Swadlincote said: "We received a call from a cyclist who had been hit by a silver hatchback Peugeot on Alexandra Road. The Peugeot narrowly missed
    parked cars and hit the kerb after hitting the cyclist. The driver did not stop at the scene."

    The driver is described as a white female in her early 40s with brown hair and was bearing a black t-shirt. Anyone with information should ring Derbyshire Police on 101 and quote incident 1058 of July 23.

    https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/cops-hunt-hit-run-driver-8630760

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Sat Jul 29 12:15:47 2023
    On 29/07/2023 09:28 am, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

    Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver after a cyclist was knocked over on a Swadlincote road. The motorist is then said to have struck a kerb and 'narrowly missed' some parked cars on Alexandra Road in the centre of the town.

    The cars were *not* hit, then?

    Officers say they were called to the scene at 7.50pm on July 23.

    A bit early for "excess alcohol" perhaps, but some people are known to
    drink all afternoon.

    A spokesperson for the policing team in Swadlincote said: "We received a call from a cyclist who had been hit by a silver hatchback Peugeot on Alexandra Road. The Peugeot narrowly missed parked cars and hit the kerb after hitting the cyclist. The
    driver did not stop at the scene."

    The driver is described as a white female in her early 40s with brown hair and was bearing a black t-shirt.

    With such a precise description, identifying the driver should be a doddle.

    Mind you, someone who was "definitely" recognised by a victim twenty
    years ago did seventeen years in prison before it was realised that the
    ID simply could not have been accurate.

    Anyone with information should ring Derbyshire Police on 101 and quote incident 1058 of July 23.

    They mean *reliable* information, of course.

    You know... like the registration mark (which is plainly displayed, particularly on the rear of a vehicle).

    https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/burton-news/cops-hunt-hit-run-driver-8630760

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  • From swldxer1958@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 29 05:30:55 2023
    QUOTE: The Peugeot narrowly missed parked cars and hit the kerb after hitting the cyclist. The driver did not stop at the scene. ENDS

    Fake report - drivers never drive over kerbs and pavements.

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