Bob
22nd August 2006, 00:50
A teenager had his moped dragged from underneath him as he stopped at traffic lights.
Dan Cotter, 17 from Harrow pulled up at the lights on the A217 on his blue Gilera Runner when another moped rider, who was wearing a black crash helmet and rode a blue Italjet moped pulled up alongside him and whipped the keys out from the ignition. A group of around nine youths then came from behind Mr Cotter, pulled him on to the road and began kicking and hitting him and attempted to pull off his helmet.
Cotter said "I would hate for this to happen to anyone else so I want to warn other motorcyclists to be extra careful, especially if more than one bike pulls up alongside."
Dan Cotter, 17 from Harrow pulled up at the lights on the A217 on his blue Gilera Runner when another moped rider, who was wearing a black crash helmet and rode a blue Italjet moped pulled up alongside him and whipped the keys out from the ignition. A group of around nine youths then came from behind Mr Cotter, pulled him on to the road and began kicking and hitting him and attempted to pull off his helmet.
Cotter said "I would hate for this to happen to anyone else so I want to warn other motorcyclists to be extra careful, especially if more than one bike pulls up alongside."