Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 19th, 1998 3


Driver had no chance to avoid cyclist who pulled out in front of her on A59


A CYCLIST rode out in front of a car and left the driver with no chance of stopping, an inquest in


Burnley heard. East Lancashire Coroner Mr


David Smith recorded a verdict of accidental death on Mr Ian Robert Dugdale (39), who died in Burnley General Hospital on October 11th after being hit by a car nearly three weeks earlier. Mr Dugdale, a kitchen assis­


tant, of Stopper Lane, Riming- ton, was cycling to Gisburn to


visit a friend when he rode out in front of an on-coming Rover


Metro, driven by Mrs Jennifer Crook, of Swinton, Manchester. Accident investigator PC


Michael Bentley, who attended the accident on the A59 at Gis- bum, on September 21st, said the damage to Mr Dugdale's bike


and the car was "consistent with


a side-on impact". He added: "Her car was basi­


cally on top of the cyclist, and if anything or anyone steps out in your path at th a t stage, an


impact will take place." PC Bentley confirmed that


Mrs Crook had been driving at a speed "not less than 33 m.p.h" at


the time of the accident. Mr Alexander Lorimer, of Ket­


which point the vehicle coming in the opposite direction hit him." He added: "He didn't get very


far across the carriageway - a quarter of the way. He was hit head-on by the Metro. He hit the front of the car and the wind­ screen and went on to the bonnet and was carried along by the


vehicle." When the car stopped, Mr


tering, who was travelling towards Gisbum, said that as he approached the auction mart, he saw a pedal cyclist at the edge of the road, where the signposts were, opposite the Bolton-by-


Bowland road junction. Mr Lorimer said: "One minute


the rider was facing me and the next thing he made an attempt to cross the road. He set off towards the junction and contin­ ued to look in my direction, at


Dugdale was thrown down the side of Mr Lorimer’s vehicle. "I didn't think the driver of the car had much opportunity to do any­ thing about it," he said, adding that the emergency services were immediately alerted. Mrs Crook said she knew the


road very well and had slowed down at an earlier junction to make way for another vehicle, but had started to speed up when the incident happened. She said that she saw Mr Dugdale look at


■ dow was smashed. PC Neil Heyes, stationed at


her. "I got level with him and he gave me a quick glance and then pulled out in front of me. I saw his face and then the wheel of his bicycle in front of me. I was very close to him. I just slammed my brakes on and swerved." Mrs Crook said that she did not see anything after the win-


Clitheroe, arrived at the scene to find Mr Dugdale unconscious and in the ambulance. He asked Mrs Crook to take a breath test, which proved to be negative. Mr Dugdale was taken to


His parents, Mr Stanley Dugdale and Mrs Violet Dugdale, visited him twice a day. He managed to eat small amounts of ice cream and custard fed to him by his mother, but lost a lot of weight. On October 11th, his parents were told he had died. Pathologist Dr Zuhair Twaij,


who carried out the postmortem, said that Mr Dugdale died from pulmonary embolism , which blocked the blood supply to his lungs, and thrombosis in the veins of both legs due to immobolisation and trauma. Mr Dugdale, who devoted all


Burnley General Hospital and was later transferred to the inten­


sive care unit at Preston Royal Infirmary, before being moved


back to Burnley. After gaining consciousness,


Mr Dugdale was able to move his arms and legs, but refused to eat.


his spare time to cycling on the lanes around Rimington and


Clitheroe, was well known by many local people. His father told the inquest that his son did not wear a cycling helmet or fluo­ rescent clothing, but had always been competent on his bicycle.


Marching for a fair deal in all corners of the countryside


IT has been third time lucky for Asda sales­


man David Keogh. Ribble Valley wonder


David has won the com­ pany's sales competition for the third year in a row. David, of Timbrills


Avenue, Sabden, teamed up with Zahir Aqbar, wines and spirits supervisor, and picked Dragonheart strong ale to promote for the com­ petition. They had to pick a low- selling item and boost its


sales figures using the most imaginative ways possible. The pair (pictured cele­ brating) raised the figures from two bottles a week up to a staggering 102. Their imagination and


Jaguar car. They beat off 75,000


AN angry group of farmers and hunt enthusiasts from the Ribble Valley is planning to join a mas­ sive demonstration in London next month, call­ ing on the Government for a "fair hearing for the


c o u n t r y s i d e " . ___________________ by Sheila Nixon


protesters will be leaving in a convoy of coaches from Gisburn Auction Mart on March 1st, while others will be making their own way to the capital. They will add their


Many of the 300 local


strength to what is now being billed as the "Coun­ tryside March," which is expected to draw 300,000 protesters from across


ingenuity won them a week each with the company's


Asda colleagues in 214 stores to become the national champions - and for David it is a competi­ tion he had won for the


immagination took sales of coconuts through the


third time. Last year David's


store's roof 1 David said: "We had to


make the product’s sales rise consistently over four weeks. The first week we sold two, the second week 12 and then it went up to 60, then 70 and the last


Britain.Meanwhile, the local area will be taking part in a network of national bea­ cons, with bonfires on Pen- dle Hill and Jeffrey Hill


added: "Farmers and coun­ try sportsmen alike find themselves sidelined, mar­ ginalised and misunder­ stood - yet they are responsible for this country having one of the most envied and sought-after landscapes in the world." Turning to field sports,


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next Thursday. The convoy from Gis­


| beacon protest is a joint initiative between the Countryside Alliance, NFU, British Field Sports Society, and other rural groups. The protesters are angry


burn is being organised by the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt, Gisburn Point-to-Point Committee and the Hodder'Valley Foxhound group, and the


the spokesman added: "There is a need for greater understanding, respect and knowledge before legisla­ tion is considered that is likely to inflict serious damage on many rural communities whose economies are already frag­ ile."


week was 102." They linked the beer to


the Hollywood film "Drag­ onheart", and organised a draw with the top prize of a video. David and Zahir also gave away a bottle of spir­ its, worth £40, to their 500th customer. "You have to use your


at what they see as ill- informed feeling against field sports and the anti­ hunt bill now before Parlia­ ment, but their protest embraces a wider range of rural issues such as the beef crisis, rural transport, vil­ lage shops, and the growth of rural house building. Waddington farmer and


imagination; it's not like stacking lots of tins of beans and watching them


sell," said David. He has taken a week off


work and says he is going to use the Jaguar to visit his friends, one of whom lives in Boummouth. "I'm sure Zahir will be


' doing the same," he said. (130298/12/22)


Police appeal for witnesses of this town accident


POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an accident along a busy stretch of road in


junction with Brook Street. The child was not injured. Mr Hussain, who lives in


Clitheroe on Friday. Pedestrian Qurban Hus­


sain suffered serious head injuries but his condition was described as "improv­ ing" by a spokesman for the Royal Preston Hospi­ tal on Monday. Mr Hus­ sain was crossing Waterloo Road with a small child when he was involved in the accident with a black Golf at 8-30 a.m. A police spokesman said


Clitheroe, was taken by ambulance to Blackburn Royal Infimary and trans­ ferred to the intensive care unit at the Royal Preston Hospital. By Monday, he was said to have been moved to the head injuries unit at the hospital. The police spokesman


the man was attempting to cross the road from the


said the accident happened at a very busy time and anyone who can give infor­ mation was being asked to contact Clitheroe police station (01200 443344).


Ideas to mark Millennium are being


drawn up


OFFICIAL town signs could be on^ their way to Clitheroe to com­ memorate the turn of


the century. Members of


Clitheroe Town Council Millennium Sub-commit- tee have agreed to look into the possibility of erecting two signs, designed like the old-fash­ ioned town cross, on sepa­ rate sites in Clitheroe. Pos­ sible locations could be outside the White Lion pub in Market Place and on land outside Rectella on Whalley Road. The signs would be a


the


permanent reminder of the Millennium celebrations and would show various well-known features of the town, including the town's crest, Clitheroe Castle and


the River Ribble. Also discussed at the


meeting was the possibility of installing a special Mil­ lennium stained glass win­ dow in Clitheroe Library and the town council will be writing to Lancashire County Council to seek their permission for this. A programme of events


horsewoman Christine Billington, a member of the local hunt and point- to-point committee who is planning to join the Coun­ tryside March, said: "I feel very strongly about the anti-hunt lobby because local hunts are a great help to farmers. But the march is not just about hunting and field sports, it's about issues affecting our way of


life." Ribble Valley MP Mr


Nigel Evans has been invited to light the Jeffrey Hill beacon while officials of the local hunt will light the fire on the Big End of Pendle Hill. The aim is for the beacons to relay a mes­ sage from the countryside to Westminster and to highlight the Countryside March, which will wend its way from the Embank­ ment to Hyde Park. In a statement to the


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to mark the Millennium will take place between September 11th, 1999, and September 11th, 2000.


"Clitheroe Advertiser and Times", a local NFU spokesman explained: "The objective is to enforce the message that the country­ side is a cohesive, well- organised rural body that deserves to be listened to. A united countryside will show its strength of feeling and deep concern." The NFU spokesman


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