Kent cyclist says driver ‘dressed like Blues Brother’ tried to strangle him with helmet strap Keith Patrick says driver, whom he believes had been drinking, also deliberately doored him after close pass cycling
A cyclist from Kent has told of how a driver whom he described as being dressed like a character from the cult 1980s film The Blues Brothers tried to strangle him with his own helmet strap during a road rage incident, causing him to sustain whiplash as he struggled to free himself.that he believes the driver had been drinking prior to the incident, which happened in between Birchington-on-Sea and Westgate-on-Sea in the Thanet district of the county.
Mr Patrick said of the driver: “He became very aggressive. The smell of alcohol was overpowering, so I tried to restrain him as best as I could. The incident happened as the cyclist was feeling tired as he rode home from a trip on the Viking Bay Coastal Trail, and he said that “after being out for three hours I was fearing the worst.
Reflecting on the incident, Mr Patrick said, “I keep thinking to myself ‘why didn’t I do this or that?’. “I rang 999, they took a brief statement, and said I’d be allocated with a crime number," he explained. As for the clothes his assailant was wearing, Mr Patrick said: “He looked like a Blues Brother. He was about 65 years old, wearing a black tie and jacket, black glasses and a black hat. It wasn't the type of outfit you'd forget quickly.
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