Thats one lucky cyclist!

[Steve Bullman]

 

[Khriss]

!!!! Wot the hell happened there !!!! K

[Khriss]

( apart from three new clean  pairs of pants needed..... I might add )

[donnk]

jesus.

 

HSE will have a field day.

[Steve Bullman]

21 minutes ago, Khriss said:

!!!! Wot the hell happened there !!!! K

Looks like a Plane tree.  Unlikely it was rotten enough to break off the hinge so I would image they cut too far through the hinge and it snapped off sideways..it was clearly leaning back quite heavy, too much to be pulled over by hand(assuming it was being pulled by hand)...also looking at the rope constantly slackening off I would guess it was being tugged on.  Another big no no when pulling a tree over, thats asking for it to snap off the hinge each time it sits back.  A steady continuous pull must be had at all time.

 

Purely conjecture on my part as not everything can be seen.

[bmp01]

Wow !

Looks to me like like the cyclist was awake (before the 'event' I mean). Road position and leaning forward on the bike.

Even so, there must have been a few extra heart beats ....

[Mark Bolam]

I hope everyone and their mother involved was sacked.

Everything about that is a disgrace to the industry, even if it had gone right.

[bmp01]

26 minutes ago, donnk said:

jesus.

 

HSE will have a field day.

Can't see how you can do that final cut without stopping the traffic .... 

[Steve Bullman]

Just now, bmp01 said:

Can't see how you can do that final cut without stopping the traffic .... 

Watch the instructional video, its quite clear ?

[Khriss]

Highways tree - not private, wonder wot the council have to say, K