• Wolfeh@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The driver of the vehicle is 69 years old, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital after suffering minor injuries. He has not been charged.

    I’m sorry, what?

    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      implied: “yet”. It means they are still writing down a list of things to charge him, some of which require waiting for property damage evaluations and so on.

      • Etterra@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Not necessarily; the vehicle may have malfunctioned or he could have had a health condition (like a heart attack) that caused him to crash.

    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world
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      He was replying to a very important email. You can’t multitask as well at that age. The cyclist should have known better, obviously.