Cyclist plans legal action after pothole crash leaves him with badly …

Jonathan Deeney (Image: Newsquest) A CYCLIST who was badly injured after being catapulted from his bike when it hit a gaping pothole has said he plans to take legal action against Glasgow City Council[1]. Jonathan Deeney was left with a broken right wrist after the horrific accident near to the junction of Devon Street and Pollokshaws Road.

The dad-of-one has been left with his arm in a support after the impact of the crash resulted in serious fractures. He has slammed the state of local roads and cycle lanes and called on council chiefs to invest in the network. Jonathan, 38, said: "I am just thankful that I was wearing a helmet as it was a really frightening crash.

I was very badly shaken and left in complete agony. "Work is still ongoing to finish the South City Way route, so you need to use the roads at certain sections, and on this occasion, I hit this huge pothole. "It is bad enough hitting one of these at speed in a car, but on a bike when you are travelling at 25 kilometres per hour it is terrifying.

I was thrown right over the handlebars and onto the road. I was just fortunate that there wasn't a car or lorry behind me as they would have almost certainly had no way of avoiding me." Jonathan, a company performance manager, says he is now in consultation with a legal firm to consider his options.

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He also claims that just 10 minutes after his accident another cyclist was also thrown from her bike after hitting the same pothole. He added: "I'm speaking to a firm of solicitors right now because I shouldn't have had to go through this. They have filled it in now, but the road should never have been allowed to get into that sort of state in the first place.

"I can't play with my six-month-old son, can't properly use a knife and fork, or drive my car, and to be honest, it has really impacted me.

I don't know if I will ever have the confidence to go back out on the bike, certainly not in the heart of Glasgow."