A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she was hit by an HGV in a busy high street.

Police were called to the crash in Homerton High Street just before 7.45am this morning.

A woman, who police described as a “pedestrian”, was rushed to an east London hospital.

A police spokesperson said that her condition is being treated as “life-threatening”.

They added that the driver of the HGV stopped at the scene and is assisting the police.

In the aftermath of the crash, Cllr Mete Coban, Hackney's cabinet member for climate change, environment and transport, sent his "thoughts and prayers" to the victim’s family and friends.

Posting to X, he said: "Saddened to hear the news of a cyclist run over by a lorry on Homerton High Street."

Police say that at this time they believe the woman was a pedestrian, and not a cyclist.

Road closures are currently in place along the road between Marsh Hill and Ponsford Street while emergency services work at the scene.

This has caused long traffic queues and forced the detour of bus routes 236, 276, 308, 425, 488 and W15.

London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance also attended the scene.

Any witnesses or those with dash cam footage that might help police are urged to call 101, or post on X to @MetCC, quoting reference CAD 1289/11 Oct.

https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/23848548.woman-hit-hgv-homerton-high-street-hospital/

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On 12/10/2023 04:50 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she was hit by an HGV in a busy high street.
Police were called to the crash in Homerton High Street just before 7.45am this morning.
A woman, who police described as a “pedestrian”, was rushed to an east London hospital.
A police spokesperson said that her condition is being treated as “life-threatening”.

Horrific. One never knows the minute, as was drummed into us all at school.

They added that the driver of the HGV stopped at the scene and is assisting the police.
In the aftermath of the crash, Cllr Mete Coban, Hackney's cabinet member for climate change, environment and transport, sent his "thoughts and prayers" to the victim’s family and friends.
Posting to X, he said: "Saddened to hear the news of a cyclist run over by a lorry on Homerton High Street."

So he reckons he knows better than the police who attended the scene?

Police say that at this time they believe the woman was a pedestrian, and not a cyclist.
Road closures are currently in place along the road between Marsh Hill and Ponsford Street while emergency services work at the scene.
This has caused long traffic queues and forced the detour of bus routes 236, 276, 308, 425, 488 and W15.
London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance also attended the scene.

The helicopter pilot did very well setting down his aircraft in such a restricted area.

<https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/homerton-high-street-accident-lorry-woman-hackney-ambulance-met-police-b1112826.html>

Any witnesses or those with dash cam footage that might help police are urged to call 101, or post on X to @MetCC, quoting reference CAD 1289/11 Oct.
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/23848548.woman-hit-hgv-homerton-high-street-hospital/

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QUOTE: Police say that at this time they believe the woman was a pedestrian, and not a cyclist. ENDS

The coppers of the old school were able to tell the difference by sight.

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Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

QUOTE: Police say that at this time they believe the woman was a
pedestrian, and not a cyclist. ENDS

The coppers of the old school were able to tell the difference by sight.

Relax.

The ‘cyclist’ mistake was by the virtue-signalling Cllr Mete Coban:

“In the aftermath of the crash, Cllr Mete Coban, Hackney's cabinet member
for climate change, environment and transport, sent his "thoughts and
prayers" to the victim’s family and friends.

Posting to X, he said: "Saddened to hear the news of a cyclist run over by
a lorry on Homerton High Street."”

Nothing to do with the police, old school or otherwise.

Don’t you read things before posting about them?

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QUOTE: A) that HGV looks like a delivery lorry of some kind, not a construction vehicle

B) This happened on Homerton High Street which is not closed to traffic and nor has anyone tried to close it to traffic

C) The article is about a pedestrian being killed by somebody driving a lorry. Nothing to do with cyclists. ENDS

As we were then, guv. No cyclist involved -- good news.

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Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

QUOTE: A) that HGV looks like a delivery lorry of some kind, not a construction vehicle

B) This happened on Homerton High Street which is not closed to traffic
and nor has anyone tried to close it to traffic

C) The article is about a pedestrian being killed by somebody driving a lorry. Nothing to do with cyclists. ENDS

As we were then, guv.

Apart from the dead woman, who is dead.

No cyclist involved -- good news.

Someone died…that’s bad news.

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Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

We want to keep pushing at what’s possible in the fight against climate change, which is why we’ve brought forward part of our net zero target to 2030 so it takes into account the areas we control directly as a Council.

But there’s more we’ve got to do to reach net zero as a borough by 2040 - and we can only do that in partnership with our residents, businesses, and other towns, cities and counties facing the same challenges.

Next week, we’ll be bringing our revised climate action plan to Cabinet, which will set out the work we need to do together to end Hackney’s contribution to climate change.

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport.

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Did someone mention virtue-signalling?

Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

We want to keep pushing at what’s possible in the fight against
climate change, which is why we’ve brought forward part of our net zero target to 2030 so it takes into account the areas we control directly as a Council.

I expect that Cllr Mete Coban MBE, along with very many others, is unaware
of the logarithmic relationship between CO2 levels and changes in
temperature.

The relationship, advanced by Arrhenius and based on an empirical rather
than theoretical relationship found by Lambert, is not published by the
IPCC in documents intended for the general public or for decision-makers.
It is mentioned as a footnote in a hard-to-find paper intended for
academics.

People are therefore left to draw the conclusion that the relationship is linear, whereas Arrhenius showed that the temperature increase is subject
to the law of diminishing returns. To obtain an increase of 1degC, CO2
levels need to double each time: 200 to 400ppm, then 400 to 800, then 800
to 1600. The latter number is similar to that used in greenhouses to grow enhanced crops. At that level, the planet would be 3degC warmer and crops
would be lush, and hunger simply banished from the world. Apparently, we
must resist this laudable goal.

But there’s more we’ve got to do to reach net zero as a borough by 2040 - and we can only do that in partnership with our residents,
businesses, and other towns, cities and counties facing the same challenges.

Next week, we’ll be bringing our revised climate action plan to Cabinet, which will set out the work we need to do together to end Hackney’s contribution to climate change.

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On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:39:12 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

We want to keep pushing at what’s possible in the fight against climate change, which is why we’ve brought forward part of our net zero target to 2030 so it takes into account the areas we control directly as a Council.

But there’s more we’ve got to do to reach net zero as a borough by 2040 - and we can only do that in partnership with our residents, businesses, and other towns, cities and counties facing the same challenges.

Next week, we’ll be bringing our revised climate action plan to Cabinet, which will set out the work we need to do together to end Hackney’s contribution to climate change.

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport.

Net zero is closer than you think.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8T8SJJXkAAODXH?format=png&name=medium

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Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

Net zero is closer than you think.

Nut Zero is for, well, nuts.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8T8SJJXkAAODXH?format=png&name=medium

I’ve been seeing similar graphs of apocalyptic doom since you were crapping in your nappies.

The Maldives were forecast to be under water by 2015. That didn’t happen either.


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On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:04:27 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:39:12 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

We want to keep pushing at what’s possible in the fight against climate change, which is why we’ve brought forward part of our net zero target to 2030 so it takes into account the areas we control directly as a Council.

But there’s more we’ve got to do to reach net zero as a borough by 2040 - and we can only do that in partnership with our residents, businesses, and other towns, cities and counties facing the same challenges.

Next week, we’ll be bringing our revised climate action plan to Cabinet, which will set out the work we need to do together to end Hackney’s contribution to climate change.

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport.

Net zero is closer than you think.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8T8SJJXkAAODXH?format=png&name=medium

Some UKIP energy spokesperson actually asked "what are we going to do when the renewables run out"?

Stay away from sharp objects for a start. :-)

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Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

Some UKIP energy spokesperson actually asked "what are we going to do
when the renewables run out"?

What he means is ‘when the subsidies for the renewables run out’.

A glimpse of this occurred recently, when the government auction for new offshore wind farms attracted zero bidders. The subsidies weren’t large enough.

Stay away from sharp objects for a start. :-)

You too, it that represents your level of awareness.


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On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 1:15:00 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:04:27 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:39:12 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

We want to keep pushing at what’s possible in the fight against climate change, which is why we’ve brought forward part of our net zero target to 2030 so it takes into account the areas we control directly as a Council.

But there’s more we’ve got to do to reach net zero as a borough by 2040 - and we can only do that in partnership with our residents, businesses, and other towns, cities and counties facing the same challenges.

Next week, we’ll be bringing our revised climate action plan to Cabinet, which will set out the work we need to do together to end Hackney’s contribution to climate change.

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport.

Net zero is closer than you think.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8T8SJJXkAAODXH?format=png&name=medium

Some UKIP energy spokesperson actually asked "what are we going to do when the renewables run out"?

QUOTE: Fossil fuels are non-renewable, this means that their supply is limited and they will eventually run out. Fossil fuels formed from the decomposition of plants and animals from millions of years ago this is why they are called fossil fuels. ENDS

HTH.

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Simon Mason <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

QUOTE: Fossil fuels are non-renewable, this means that their supply is limited and they will eventually run out. Fossil fuels formed from the decomposition of plants and animals from millions of years ago this is
why they are called fossil fuels. ENDS

HTH.

Well, we’ve seen what happens when the wind-farm subsidies run out…no bidders at all!

Who wants to sell electricity at 5p a unit, when you can get 15p in subsidy PLUS sell your electricity at spot rates, currently another 15p, per unit?

Ever heard of the term ‘racket’?

Only a couple of days ago I heard some devotee saying ‘wind is the cheapest source of electricity’. Can’t say I’ve seen it on my energy bills…but the
bunce will turn up in shareholder dividends…


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On 13/10/2023 03:34 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 1:15:00 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:04:27 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 8:39:12 AM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport

We want to keep pushing at what’s possible in the fight against climate change, which is why we’ve brought forward part of our net zero target to 2030 so it takes into account the areas we control directly as a Council.

But there’s more we’ve got to do to reach net zero as a borough by 2040 - and we can only do that in partnership with our residents, businesses, and other towns, cities and counties facing the same challenges.

Next week, we’ll be bringing our revised climate action plan to Cabinet, which will set out the work we need to do together to end Hackney’s contribution to climate change.

Cllr Mete Coban MBE, Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport.

Net zero is closer than you think.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8T8SJJXkAAODXH?format=png&name=medium

Some UKIP energy spokesperson actually asked "what are we going to do when the renewables run out"?

QUOTE: Fossil fuels are non-renewable, this means that their supply is limited and they will eventually run out. Fossil fuels formed from the decomposition of plants and animals from millions of years ago this is why they are called fossil fuels. ENDS

HTH.

You DO know that they're not actually real fossils, don't you?

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From the electricity that lights our homes to the cars we drive to work, modern life was built on fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. But burning them creates climate change and releases pollutants that lead to early death, heart attacks,
respiratory disorders, stroke, asthma, and absenteeism at school and work. It has also been linked to autism spectrum disorder and Alzheimer’s disease.

Research from Harvard University, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and University College London, found that more than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than
previous research suggested—meaning that air pollution from burning fossil fuels like coal and diesel was responsible for about 1 in 5 deaths worldwide.

Each year, our team contributes to the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change to track the impacts of climate change on human health across 44 indicators around the world. Our research analyzes the health impacts of burning fossil fuels and shows
how much we have to gain by ending our reliance on them. Recent research from our Center:

Identified at least 21 different hazardous air pollutants, as defined by the U.S. EPA, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, and hexane, in consumer-grade natural gas supplied to Massachusetts.
Created a new inventory of air pollution impacts from stationary sources over the past decade that shows the negative impacts of burning natural gas and biomass have surpassed coal generation in many states, which is a trend that may continue.
Conducted the first study to determine that Pennsylvania’s statewide setback regulations for fracking do not prevent setback incidents, and identified the potential risks and exposures for people living near fracking or underground natural gas
wells.
Showed that more people live closer to underground gas storage wells than previously thought. An estimated 20,000 homes and 53,000 people in predominantly suburban areas of PA, OH, WV, MI, NY, and CA live within a city block of active underground
natural gas storage wells.
Developed the science-based case for why it is “appropriate and necessary” for EPA to regulate mercury emissions from the power sector; and why the health benefits of regulation and remaining risks from mercury pollution in the U.S. should be
assessed.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/fossil-fuels-health/

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