theRussian Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 I got this from a friend on facebook. Posting it here to see if someone can assist. From Sonia: Hello friends, I have some awful news which I am sharing with you in the hopes that someone will come forward with information or be able to help in some way, even if it is just by sharing this post/ passing on the relevant info. Andre-Louis was knocked over by a four-by-four in a malicious and intentional ‘hit and run’ attack during an organised, closed-off, cycle race on Sunday afternoon. I witnessed the entire horrifying assault as I was cycling just behind Andre at the time. The assailant was driving on his own in a black BMW X5 with the registration no. CY 25 JY GP. I only had a chance to glance at the registration plate before leaping out of the way to prevent the driver from running me over after I checked on Andre and pulled his mangled bike out from under the car, so I am not 100% sure of the ‘J’. The attack took place during the BestMed Capital Classic road race, on the N14 North just outside of Olivenhoutbos at about 1pm. The assailant was driving illegally on a road lane that had been closed off from cars by the race organisers and was meant for the exclusive use of cyclists taking part in the event. We were forced out of this lane and into the emergency ‘yellow’ lane by the cars that were refusing to drive in the traffic in assigned ‘car’ lane. The driver took offence to Andre cycling on the edge of the yellow line and close to the lane meant for cyclists but taken over by a stream of cars. He then pulled over and stopped in the emergency lane in front of us, waited for Andre to cycle past him, and then tried to knock Andre off his bike by driving into Andre’s back tyre as Andre was cycling. He knocked Andre’s back tyre several times before accelerating hard into him, throwing Andre off the bike and onto the road. Please could you pass the vehicle details on to your friends in the Gauteng area of SA, tweet it on twitter, and please come forward if you have any info about the whereabouts of the driver or who he may be. Also, please, if there were any further witnesses to the attack please contact me on facebook, my cell: 0835653181 or soniaphillips@gmail.com. Any info/help will be appreciated. This man is a danger to all road cyclists and further, due to the malevolent nature of the attack, to the public at large.
Gen Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 I am dumbfounded. . Can't believe that this actually happened. . I really hope they are able to track down this person and and throw all possible books at him
Tubehunter Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Russian, has Sonia taken this to any of the authorities yet? Do the race organisers know? This is criminal and should be dealt with as such! Is Andre injured from the attack?
gtr1 Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Easy to track down if you gave his car details. Unless they are false number plates.
theRussian Posted May 21, 2015 Author Posted May 21, 2015 Andre is OK. I will ask Sonia to join this discussion.
BLACKvoodoo Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Yes this driver should be used as an example. I always look at these scenarios as if the cyclist is a friend, husband, wife, mother,father or child. Disgusting behavior....
theRussian Posted May 21, 2015 Author Posted May 21, 2015 Anybody have connections to track this down? Car details as in original post? The assailant was driving on his own in a black BMW X5 with the registration no. CY 25 JY GP. I only had a chance to glance at the registration plate before leaping out of the way to prevent the driver from running me over after I checked on Andre and pulled his mangled bike out from under the car, so I am not 100% sure of the ‘J’.
Slowbee Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Can I play "hold the horses"? I struggle to remember my own car number plate. In a race situation, with an accident just in front of me I would struggle to recall what is in essence a complex set of numbers. I note that a query is on about the J, but after reading things a few times something seems odd (call me a social media cynic). Now please I am not denying that this happened. It most likely did - but I am just asking about details. Have the organisers made a statement ? Which batch did this happen in ?
theRussian Posted May 21, 2015 Author Posted May 21, 2015 Hi Slowbee, I understand your concern about the details. I also believe there are always 3 sides to a story. Finding the driver will give us the opportunity to hear the 2nd side of the story. Sonia is not big on social media, but I am sure I will get hold of her at some stage so she can join this thread. On the details - Yes, she might not be sure about the exact number plate, but if someone has the skills and connections to find the owner of a car by tracking a number plate, then I am sure they will be able to do a quick check to see if the car with number plate CY 25 *Y is a black BMW X5. If not, well, then I guess it will be a bit harder to find the driver to hear his side of the story.
Rock Guy Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 WTF! Surely this guy can be brought to justice. Get Carte Blanche on his case.
Zatopek Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 I struggle to remember my own car number plate. Same with me But there are people that remember (a lot of) weird stuff: The missus could tell an embassy employee once on what page number in her passport a certain (older) stamp were. (I did not even knew there are page numbers in the passport) .... both me and the lady behind the bullet proof glass had our jaws dropped to the floor.
Slowbee Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 Hi Slowbee, I understand your concern about the details. I also believe there are always 3 sides to a story. Finding the driver will give us the opportunity to hear the 2nd side of the story. Sonia is not big on social media, but I am sure I will get hold of her at some stage so she can join this thread. On the details - Yes, she might not be sure about the exact number plate, but if someone has the skills and connections to find the owner of a car by tracking a number plate, then I am sure they will be able to do a quick check to see if the car with number plate CY 25 *Y is a black BMW X5. If not, well, then I guess it will be a bit harder to find the driver to hear his side of the story.+1, just to be clear - totally agree with the other sentiments on this thread.
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