Cyclist Told Helmet Saved His Life

A CYCLIST has been told he is lucky to be alive after colliding with a car. The cyclist and the neurologist whose car he hit are both warning other cyclists in Oxford their lives could depend on wearing a helmet.

Oliver Adams was in a collision with a car at the junction of Banbury Road and Belbroughton Road on Thursday 15 March. The force threw him and his bike into the air and he hit, head first, a second car. By coincidence it belonged to Dr Sandeep Jayawant, a local neurologist.

Mr Adams left a huge dent in Dr Jayawant?s Mercedes Benz and doctors and police have told him that if he had not been wearing a helmet he would certainly be dead. A week on he is still suffering from severe concussion and he wants this message to get across to other cyclists, especially the young.

Photo: Thame youngsters undergoing cycle training with Cathy Gaulter-Carter.