Bush "fell off bike while waving" according to new police documents... [View All]

(How did we all miss this story about the release of the police report!?!? Oh I see, NONE of the major U.S. Newspapers or Cable "news" channels picked it up! Wonder why?)

Mon 27 Feb 2006

Bush "fell off bike while waving"

George W Bush had one hand off his handlebars when he came off his bicycle during last July's G8 summit, according to newly-published police documents. The US president suffered minor injuries when he collided with a police officer while out on his bike at the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire on July 6....

(clip)

..."(The unit) was requested to cover the road junction on the Auchterarder to Braco Road as the President of the USA, George Bush, was cycling through," the report stated. (At) about 1800 hours the president approached the junction at speed on the bicycle. The road was damp at the time. "As the president passed the junction at speed he raised his left arm from the handlebars to wave to the police officers present while shouting 'Thanks, you guys, for coming'.

"As he did this he lost control of the cycle, falling to the ground, causing both himself and his bicycle to strike (the officer) on the lower legs. (The officer) fell to the ground, striking his head. "The president continued along the ground for approximately five metres, causing himself a number of abrasions. The officers... then assisted both injured parties."

The report also confirms previous reports that the president telephoned the injured officer to ask how he was and to apologise for the accident. The officer was diagnosed with damage to ankle ligaments and the cause was officially recorded as being "hit by moving/falling object".

(more at link below)

<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=300522006>

(Or just search Google News with the words Bush Bike and waving, the headlines are brutal, but very funny)