Yorkshire man rushed to hospital after mountain bike trail assault

[muddytreker]

Way to go idiots.

Yorkshire man rushed to hospital after mountain bike trail assault

Alan Cummings was rushed to hospital after he was punched in the head and face

uk.yahoo.com

 

[widowmaker]

 

[MR OX]

What the hell is wrong with people????

 

[Russell]

Not condoning violence but what provoked this? Perhaps they caught him sabotaging a trail with spikes or putting wire up between trees at neck height? Not unheard of in Yorkshire

Cyclist injured by wire strung across trail in West Yorkshire woodland - MBR

A 52 year old male was out mountain biking in his local woodlands on Monday afternoon when was knocked off his bike by a piece of wire strung across the trail.

www.mbr.co.uk

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/mountain-bike-trail-saboteurs-on-otley-chevin-risk-causing-life-changing-injuries-to-young-people-3212065

Not suggesting he was sabotaging trails either, I’m sure he probably wasn’t, but it’s usually best to leave judgement until the facts are clear.

 

[Mark south wales]

Way to go idiots.
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Yorkshire man rushed to hospital after mountain bike trail assault

Alan Cummings was rushed to hospital after he was punched in the head and face

uk.yahoo.com

have to be careful here, but when they say things, are they avoiding meaning, the banana boat kind?

 

[swannymere]

the banana boat kind?

You've lost me.

 

[greencat]

What the hell is wrong with people????

People have always been the same. Some good, some bad. Sometimes good people doing bad things, and vice versa. The news only talks about the people doing bad things because that's what we'll read.

There is no doubt a fuller story here. People rarely randomly assault people - and certainly not if they are out for a ride in the countryside. What they've done is unlawful, but there will be a rationale, not matter how faulty for it.

Edit: The BBC coverage suggests a confrontation took place

Pickering: Man seriously injured in Cropton Forest row with mountain bikers

Police say Alan Cummings required hospital treatment after he was struck following a confrontation.

www.bbc.co.uk

Again, unless this group felt they were in immediate threat to life style danger (unlikely given there's three of them and they are much younger), I can't see any justification for the actions they took.

 

[highlandsflyer]

Not condoning violence but what provoked this? Perhaps they caught him sabotaging a trail with spikes or putting wire up between trees at neck height? Not unheard of in Yorkshire

Cyclist injured by wire strung across trail in West Yorkshire woodland - MBR

A 52 year old male was out mountain biking in his local woodlands on Monday afternoon when was knocked off his bike by a piece of wire strung across the trail.

www.mbr.co.uk

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/mountain-bike-trail-saboteurs-on-otley-chevin-risk-causing-life-changing-injuries-to-young-people-3212065

Not suggesting he was sabotaging trails either, I’m sure he probably wasn’t, but it’s usually best to leave judgement until the facts are clear.

Classic whataboutery.

 

[highlandsflyer]

People have always been the same. Some good, some bad. Sometimes good people doing bad things, and vice versa. The news only talks about the people doing bad things because that's what we'll read.

There is no doubt a fuller story here. People rarely randomly assault people - and certainly not if they are out for a ride in the countryside. What they've done is unlawful, but there will be a rationale, not matter how faulty for it.

Three on one? Veteran of thousands of altercations; and rarely does an individual end up that badly injured, justifiably, with those odds.

 

[greencat]

Our posts crossed @highlandsflyer I agree, it would be a very rare case.