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From: Matthew Wolpert <matthew.-@gmail.com>
Reply-To: matthew.-@gmail.com
To: OBRA <ob-@topica.com>
Subject: [OBRA Chat] CNN.com article - (Mountain Bike Related)
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 00:51:58 -0700
Bush collides with police officer during bike ride
Scraped hands, arms bandaged
AUCHTERARDER, Scotland (CNN) -- President Bush collided with a British
police officer during a bike ride Wednesday evening, suffering scrapes
on his hands and arms that required bandaging, White House spokesman
Scott McClellan said.
The officer, from the Strethclyde Police Department in Scotland, was
taken to a local hospital as a precaution. He was treated and
released, after an evaluation revealed no fractures, McClellan said.
Bush "visited" with the police officer for some time after the
accident and asked White House physician Dr. Richard Tubb to monitor
his situation at the hospital, McClellan said. The president was
expected to call the officer later, McClellan said.
Despite a steady rain and chilly temperatures, Bush, an avid mountain
biker, went for a ride at the Gleneagles resort in central Scotland,
where he and other leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers will
begin a two-day summit Thursday. (Related story.)
'A pretty good speed'
According to McClellan, the accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. (1
p.m. ET), about an hour into the ride. Bush was going at "a pretty
good speed" when he collided with the officer, who was in a security
detail on the resort grounds.
The president, who was wearing a helmet, slid on the pavement,
suffering scrapes on his hands and arms that were bandaged by Tubb.
McClellan declined to speculate about whether anyone was at fault in the
crash.
The president's bicycle was damaged, and he returned to his hotel in
an SUV that had been trailing him as he rode with a Secret Service
agent, McClellan said.
This is not the first time Bush's mountain biking habit has led to
injury. In May 2004, he suffered minor abrasions to his chin, upper
lip, nose, right hand and both knees when he took a spill near the end
of a ride at his ranch in Texas.