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Bradley Wiggins in hospital after collision with car during training ride
Olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins is being treated in hospital after being involved in a collision with a car during a training ride.
The multiple Olympic champion was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Astra at around 6pm last night close to a petrol station in Wrightington, near his home in Eccleston, Lancashire.
Reports say the reigning Tour de France champion broke several ribs and sustained cuts and bruises.
The driver of the Astra, a local woman, was uninjured and is set to assist police with their on-going inquiries.
Garage attendant Yasmin Smith, who rushed to Wiggins' aid, said: 'By the time I got there he had moved to a safer place but was still on the ground and he was in a lot of pain.
'He said he thought he had broken his ribs and while a lot of police cars arrived it was about 15 minutes before the ambulance got there by which time he was blue.'
Another witness, truck driver Barry Blacklidge, arrived shortly after the incident.
He told The Sun: 'I could see a pushbike, like a mountain bike, and the front wheel was all buckled. I went into the garage and asked what was going on. She said "Bradley Wiggins has just been knocked off his bike".
'The ambulance turned up and they treated him for a while. He was up and walking around, but apparently he wasn’t too good.'
A Lancashire Police spokesman said: 'Police were called to the scene of a road traffic accident at Crow Orchard Road in Wrightington at about 6pm this evening.
'A cyclist has been involved in a collision with a white Vauxhall Astra car. The rider of the bike, a 32-year-old local man, was taken to hospital by ambulance with injuries not thought to be life-threatening. His family have been told.'
Later, a statement on the Team Sky website said: 'We can confirm that on Wednesday evening Bradley Wiggins was involved in a road traffic accident whilst riding his bike near his home in Lancashire.
'He is being kept in hospital overnight for observation but the injuries he has sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery.
'We will announce more details in due course.'
Wiggins became a national hero after becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France before he added Olympic gold earlier this year. The father-of-two lives close to where the accident took place.
Olympic cyclist Bradley Wiggins is being treated in hospital after being involved in a collision with a car during a training ride.
The multiple Olympic champion was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Astra at around 6pm last night close to a petrol station in Wrightington, near his home in Eccleston, Lancashire.
Reports say the reigning Tour de France champion broke several ribs and sustained cuts and bruises.
The driver of the Astra, a local woman, was uninjured and is set to assist police with their on-going inquiries.
Garage attendant Yasmin Smith, who rushed to Wiggins' aid, said: 'By the time I got there he had moved to a safer place but was still on the ground and he was in a lot of pain.
'He said he thought he had broken his ribs and while a lot of police cars arrived it was about 15 minutes before the ambulance got there by which time he was blue.'
Another witness, truck driver Barry Blacklidge, arrived shortly after the incident.
He told The Sun: 'I could see a pushbike, like a mountain bike, and the front wheel was all buckled. I went into the garage and asked what was going on. She said "Bradley Wiggins has just been knocked off his bike".
'The ambulance turned up and they treated him for a while. He was up and walking around, but apparently he wasn’t too good.'
A Lancashire Police spokesman said: 'Police were called to the scene of a road traffic accident at Crow Orchard Road in Wrightington at about 6pm this evening.
'A cyclist has been involved in a collision with a white Vauxhall Astra car. The rider of the bike, a 32-year-old local man, was taken to hospital by ambulance with injuries not thought to be life-threatening. His family have been told.'
Later, a statement on the Team Sky website said: 'We can confirm that on Wednesday evening Bradley Wiggins was involved in a road traffic accident whilst riding his bike near his home in Lancashire.
'He is being kept in hospital overnight for observation but the injuries he has sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery.
'We will announce more details in due course.'
Wiggins became a national hero after becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France before he added Olympic gold earlier this year. The father-of-two lives close to where the accident took place.
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