A grandmother is “constantly looking behind” her shoulder after an electric bike crashed into her, leaving her with a broken wrist and rib. Christine Marchand, 75, was walking down to the co-op in Whitehawk, Brighton on the evening of October 19 when a teenage boy on an electric Beryl bike crashed into her. Christine was pushed to the ground and the boy, who Christine estimates was 14-years-old, apologised but said “he couldn’t stop”.
He cycled off, leaving Christine unable to move on the ground. She said: “I didn’t see or hear him because the electric bikes are so quiet. He didn’t try and do a detour to go around me even though the pavement was wide enough.
He would have seen me. There’s no excuse.” Christine was taken to hospital in an ambulance where it was discovered she had a broken wrist and rib as well as cut hands and bruises down her legs and knees.
She said: “I was in terrible pain. I had to stay at my son’s for a week. I couldn’t do anything on my own.
I couldn’t get out of bed or the bath on my own because the pain was so bad. It’s difficult to sleep because of the pain in my ribs. “I have arthritis in my knees and hips and a broke some ribs a couple of months ago when I fell over a garden chair.
I was just healing from that and now I’m back to square one.” Christine has been left in a sling after breaking her wrist and rib (Image: Submitted) The incident has been reported to Sussex police. A spokesman for Sussex police said: "P.