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'Knocked cyclist off' tweet woman Emma Way due in court | |
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A woman who tweeted she had knocked a cyclist off his bike after an alleged crash in Norfolk has been summonsed to appear in court. | |
Emma Way, 21, is to answer charges of driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after an accident. | |
She also has to answer a charge of failing to report the accident in Rockland All Saints on 19 May. | She also has to answer a charge of failing to report the accident in Rockland All Saints on 19 May. |
Ms Way, a trainee accountant from Akrotiri Square, Watton, is due before Norwich Magistrates' Court in August. | |
The Crown Prosecution Service and Norfolk Police ordered the summons after an investigation. | |
'Spur-of-the-moment' | 'Spur-of-the-moment' |
In an interview with BBC Radio Norfolk shortly after the collision, Ms Way disputed the version of events given by the cyclist, Toby Hockley. | |
Mr Hockley, a member of Iceni Velo cycling club, said he was nearing the end of the Boudicca Sportive 100-mile ride when a car came towards him at speed on the wrong side of a narrow country lane. | Mr Hockley, a member of Iceni Velo cycling club, said he was nearing the end of the Boudicca Sportive 100-mile ride when a car came towards him at speed on the wrong side of a narrow country lane. |
The car's wing mirror clipped him and he was launched from the bike into a hedge, he said. | The car's wing mirror clipped him and he was launched from the bike into a hedge, he said. |
Mr Hockley said he was thrown into a hedge and was "lucky to be alive". | Mr Hockley said he was thrown into a hedge and was "lucky to be alive". |
Miss Way's post on Twitter read: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way - he doesn't even pay road tax!" | Miss Way's post on Twitter read: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way - he doesn't even pay road tax!" |
The comment included the hashtag #Bloodycyclists. | The comment included the hashtag #Bloodycyclists. |
It was retweeted several hundred times and led to what a tearful Miss Way described as the public "judging me on one man's side of the story". | It was retweeted several hundred times and led to what a tearful Miss Way described as the public "judging me on one man's side of the story". |
Miss Way said she regretted her "stupid, immature, spur-of-the-moment" tweet and said she could only blame herself for the reaction it caused. | Miss Way said she regretted her "stupid, immature, spur-of-the-moment" tweet and said she could only blame herself for the reaction it caused. |