Ashitha Nagesh has taken to Twitter to talk about how the accident caused a broken humerus (upper arm), which left her needing surgery.
Initially, a passer-by called 999, but left the reference number with the cyclist who hit Ashitha.
After the passer-by left the scene in Walthamstow, Ashitha was told to get in an Uber by the cyclist and went away to hospital without getting the cyclist's full details as she "wasn't thinking straight" and "wanted to get to A&E" as soon as possible.
Nobody called an ambulance because, well, they don't turn up any more...
Ashitha is now appealing to the public for help after the Met Police has allegedly told her that they won't investigate the incident as "no one called the police at the scene".
However, they have apparently told Ashitha they will investigate if they get enough information about the cyclist from her.
At this stage, I'm only surprised A&E didn't ask her to splint her own broken arm. Does any emergency service do their job any more?
The BBC News correspondent wrote on Twitter: "So this is a plea, on the off-chance anyone on here saw what happened or knows the guy who hit me last Thursday (Markhouse Road, E17, about 10.20), or saw him in the Co-op there, to please DM me!
"I asked the cyclists for their details and unfortunately all they told me was that their names were Joe and Sam. Don’t know if these are their real names but both are blonde, and the guy who hit me had a short beard. He also smelled [very] strongly of alcohol."
See, if you're a news correspondent, you should be well aware that to get the police on the case, what you should have done was claim the cyclist sexually abused you. Or racially abused you. Or if you wanted black marias and helicopters, misgendered you!
No expert, but having been the victim of exactly such a 'scam', I have been explicitly told (by two sergeants, independently) that in any crime scenario "whoever calls the police first, and thus obtains the 'crime number' is thenceforth seen as the designated 'victim', whatever the actual facts of the case subsequently revealed (assuming they even bother)".
ReplyDeleteIt is literally a get out of gaol card for the criminals (who know this and use the system, as opposed to the victims who have less experience/knowledge and are probably still in shock) who therefore commit the crime, immediately call for the crime number, and guarantee that the police will always see 'them' as the designated victim.
You couldn't make this up.
Specifically I was attacked, my attacker immediately (as I lay bleeding) called the police and (despite 8 independent witnesses) 'I' was arrested for 'attacking him'?!? The only thing that saved me were those witnesses (that 'I' had to track down and supply names to my solicitor, the police not 'deeming it necessary to obtain statements') and I still received exactly the same 'recording' of "being in an altercation" as my attacker (it never reaching court, despite my demands for it to do so).
And you wonder why no-one (other than the criminals) trusts the police.
The chances are 'the cyclists' are well aware of the system (having used it multiple times before) and the police well aware of who they are, but ... don't give a damn about the actual victim, as per usual (too much paperwork, or work in general involved).