Rider Injured at sunny corner

[drewMember]

Hi Gman, sorry if i’m sticking my nose in, but i was unsure, do you know the person that was injured ?

i’m just trying to clarify.

my thoughts too go out to the family of the injured man.

[Gareth Morgan-ThomasMember]

xy-transit wrote:

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Hi Gman, sorry if i’m sticking my nose in, but i was unsure, do you know the person that was injured ?

i’m just trying to clarify.

my thoughts too go out to the family of the injured man.

Yes, closely and very well and for a very long time!

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Best wishes to our fellow rider and his dearest, please accept my apologies for any conclusions i may have contributed to by assuming it was firearms related.

Bruce C.

[GregMember]

You have nothing to be sorry about that I can see Bruce, it is a 22 bullet just how it got there is the question but definitely a 22 bullet.

TB

[TrentMember]

I’ve read and re-read the last couple of posts and I have to say it’s not clear what is and isn’t rumour and it’d help to know the source of any information that’s said to be true and confirmed. Just sayin.

[GregMember]

Austblue wrote:

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I’ve read and re-read the last couple of posts and I have to say it’s not clear what is and isn’t rumour and it’d help to know the source of any information that’s said to be true and confirmed. Just sayin.

Here said it was in the local rag

1inarow wrote:

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Guy’s,

Nudged my raw nerve today when I heard “the rumor” that this may have been some form of mucking around with guns and blame it on “the sniper on the hill” line!! (actual line from Bathurst local rag would you believe!!!!!)

Gman

7 or 8 posts ago

As far as Mal5.1’s post goes I guess thats up to Mal but sounds as though it was local and they dealt with their source as he said

TB

TB

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Thanks TB, think I got the picture now, someone started a rumour it was self harming…..

Not that it matters, just well wishes from all.

[TrentMember]

Ah ok… see I figure someone getting shot is always a result of “some form of mucking around with guns” so I was doubting what I understood to be correct as that was said to be rumour.

Who would start something like that

[Mick DMember]

Here is the article from the Western Advocate:

Bike Rider Struck In Chest
BY TERRY JONES
30 Mar, 2010 01:00 AM
POLICE were yesterday waiting to establish what sort of projectile struck a trail bike rider in the chest near Yetholme on Saturday.

At the same time, Bathurst’s large motorcycling fraternity was concerned there might be a sniper active in the region at a time of year when most bike riders were pursuing their sport during cooler, early autumn months.

Police in Sydney yesterday said that x-rays had revealed a projectile was lodged in the chest of a 58-year-old man and he was undergoing surgery to establish what it was.

Until surgery was completed it was open to speculation that it could have been a small calibre .22 bullet, a pellet from an air rifle or stray shot from a shotgun.

“[The man had] been bike-riding with his 21-year-old son as they returned to their car when the father slowed to catch his breath,” Sydney police said.

“The man reported being struck by an object and immediately felt pain in his chest.

“The man’s son assisted him to their car and the pair drove to Bathurst Base Hospital where doctors carried out an x-ray that revealed a projectile in the left side of his chest.”

The man remained in a stable condition in a Sydney hospital over the weekend.

Bathurst motorcycle identity Mick Muldoon said yesterday he had heard of the incident. There had been discussion about the identity of the man, believed to be a keen Bathurst bike rider.
Mr Muldoon hadn’t heard any reports from trail-bike enthusiasts about pot-shots being taken at them or a sniper being active.

Meanwhile, detectives were investigating the incident and anyone with information to assist to come forward by phone (02) 6332 8699 or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.

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