Biddulph biker faces wait to walk after being trapped under van for 90 minutes
TEENAGER Rob Taylor faces a six-week wait before he can walk again after surviving a horror crash.
The 17-year-old was trapped under a van for 90 minutes after coming off his 50cc motorbike in a collision with a van.
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Rob Taylor pictured with his mother Debbie Windle.
The college student was airlifted to hospital before having major surgery on his crushed left leg.
He also suffered a broken collarbone, cuts and bruises in the crash near Macclesfield on February 5. Now Rob is recovering at his Biddulph home following the crash.
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He said: "I'm recovering quite well but I still can't walk. The doctors have told me that I will have to wait another six to eight weeks before I walk again.
"I'm studying motor vehicle engineering at Macclesfield College and the accident will set me back another year.
"We're still waiting to hear whether my bike will have to be written off. I'll be gutted if it does because my mum and dad bought me the bike two months ago and it was brand new. "However, the accident isn't going to put me off getting back on a bike again"
Rob will have to have an operation on his collarbone in May.
Mum Debbie Windle, of Highfields Road West, said: "Rob went off to college and I had no idea this had happened until two police officers turned up.
"They had obviously traced Rob's address and said we needed to get to the hospital as quickly as possible.
"It was a horrible moment. My husband Paul, Rob's stepdad, and I sat in silence all the way up to the hospital. I couldn't think of anything except what could be happening to Rob. He has been incredibly brave.
"He came home and we had his 17th birthday at home. We were just so relieved Rob was alive."
Cheshire Police are still investigating the crash and are appealing for witnesses.
A police spokesman said: "At 8.31am on Tuesday, February 5 emergency services were called to a collision in Star Lane, Macclesfield, involving a white panel van and a motorcyclist.
"The motorcyclist suffered serious injuries and he was airlifted to Wythenshawe Hospital.
"The investigation is continuing into whether there will be a prosecution for driving without due care and attention in relation to the driver of the van."
Witnesses should call police on 101.
2 Comments
by Johntoe
Saturday, March 09 2013, 11:31PM
“Good luck young fella I hope you make a full recovery, so glad to hear it's not put you off two wheels, (although I would fully understand if it had)
I had a bad accident at the age of 18, it took a little while longer for me to get back on two wheels, (over 2 years) and I lost a very close friend in the accident (I was a passenger) we were knocked off by a drunken disqualified driver,
that was over 40 years ago, and I have been a biker ever since, I have had some fantastic times and made some life long friends through my love of 2 and three wheels, (had a couple of trikes) and it is only at the age of 60 that I am now thinking it might be time to learn to drive a car, NOT that I will be giving up on 2 wheels just yet, I think I could have another 15-20 years of biking left,... God willing,
IF you would like some advice for an old biker, and it is advice that I was once given by an older biker, and I believe it has kept me safe, and it's just believe that every other road user actually WANTS to kill you, and they are only waiting for you to give them the chance, don't give them the chance,
and if there IS a case to answer I hope the van driver gets the book thrown at him, because one moments carelessness could have created a lifetime of sorrow for your family and for the driver, THINK BIKE
and yes... I know some motorcyclists ride like lunatics, and so do some car drivers (before anyone says it) it still doesn't excuse using OUR roads with ones head shoved where the sun will never shine though,”
by Backdoored
Saturday, March 09 2013, 9:15PM
“Dodgy moment indeed... when, without any knowledge of why.... you get a knock on the door and two Police Officers are standing there.... looking serious. Heart-stopping stuff.
It's no different, the same knock on the door, when such a moment is the ultimate worse news anyone could hear... Rather see one in my mirror when glancing down at the speedo and noticing that I'm over the speed limit. That's only money.”