{"id":43676,"date":"2025-04-23T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43676\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:19:10","slug":"cyclist-fights-for-life-after-being-hit-by-lorry-in-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/43676\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist fights for life after being hit by lorry in Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The crash closed St Phillips Causeway overnight<a class=\"Badge_badge-link__41H_0 \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/\" data-testid=\"badge-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 false\">Shannon Brown<\/strong> Reporter<\/p>\n<p>11:45, 23 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_MS_DCP_28_08_24_Police.jpg\" alt=\"Generic police file picture\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Generic police file picture(Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A cyclist has been left fighting for his life after being hit by a lorry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services rushed to St Phillips Causeway, near the crossroads with Days Road, at around 10.45pm on Tuesday, April 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The cyclist, a man in his 30s, was seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was taken hospital with injuries believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The road was closed through the night while Avon and Somerset Police were at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A police spokesperson said it reopened shortly before 7.30am today (Wednesday, April 23).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers are now appealing for information from anyone who witnessed the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Avon and Somerset Police said: &#8220;We are appealing for witnesses to a serious collision in Bristol last night (Tuesday 22 April).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;At around 10.45pm, officers were called to St Phillips Causeway, at the crossroads with Days Road, following a collision involving a lorry and a cyclist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The cyclist, a man in his 30s, has been taken to hospital in serious condition, with injuries which are thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The road was closed while emergency services attended and conducted enquiries and reopened just before 7.30am today (Wednesday 23 April).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;If you were in the area and witnessed the collision, or have any relevant footage, please call us on 101 and quote reference 5225113257.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crash closed St Phillips Causeway overnightNews Shannon Brown Reporter 11:45, 23 Apr 2025 Generic police file picture(Image:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,381,748,393,4884,9731,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-43676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-traffic-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114387010455954342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}