Jul 8, 2026 · 34 min · 11 segments
The woman who was hit by a underage child on a Lime bike has been denied compensation. Not only do people get severely hurt on e-bikes, but a number of people also die from e-bikes. Between 2017-2023…
As Jane Warsi walked across a pedestrian square in central London, on a Friday evening in early August, three years ago, as she linked arms with her partner, Dave Mathias.
She told him how much she had enjoyed the afternoon they had spent together.
They were eating pizza in Soho and visiting an art installation.
It was the last time she can remember feeling properly happy and relaxed.
They were walking slowly, talking about the art.
And she mentioned, it's hard to remember exactly, but I think I was saying, what a lovely lunch.
And then all of a sudden, she was struck by a pedestrian on a line bike.
It was a horrific impact.
She saw her spawning body split, and she thought her life was over.
Now, she is in her late 60s.
Mathias, her partner, flinches every time he sees the video of her getting struck by the e-bike.
The rider was young, around 10 years old.
He sped across the empty square and knocked Orsi over.
He has had to study it repeatedly.
This is Matthias, her partner, over the past three years.
As he has tried and failed to persuade staff at the bike rental company, the company's name is Lyme, to acknowledge the life-changing consequence of the incident.
Now, this happened three years ago.
Just last week, the clip of the collision went viral.
As it emerged, the company has not paid compensation to the couple and has not responded to their calls for more to be done to stop the road underage cyclist using the e-bikes illegally.
flouting all traffic rules, cyclists on pavements are jumping red lights.
It has become like the wild, wild west, Orchie said, sitting on a pile of cushions in her West London flat, arranged for maximum comfort in the face of continuing stiffness and pain caused by the incident.
She suffered a fractured collarbone, two spinal fractures, and a badly broken femur that required three operations to fix.
She says the medical staff at the Central London Hospital where she was treated had not previously seen such severe injuries, but were becoming used to treating patients with e-bike-related damage.
As Jane Warsi walked across a pedestrian square in central London, on a Friday evening in early August, three years ago, as she linked arms with her partner, Dave Mathias.
She told him how much she had enjoyed the afternoon they had spent together.
They were eating pizza in Soho and visiting an art installation.
It was the last time she can remember feeling properly happy and relaxed.
They were walking slowly, talking about the art.
And she mentioned, it's hard to remember exactly, but I think I was saying, what a lovely lunch.
And then all of a sudden, she was struck by a pedestrian on a line bike.
It was a horrific impact.
She saw her spawning body split, and she thought her life was over.
Now, she is in her late 60s.
Mathias, her partner, flinches every time he sees the video of her getting struck by the e-bike.
The rider was young, around 10 years old.
He sped across the empty square and knocked Orsi over.
He has had to study it repeatedly.
This is Matthias, her partner, over the past three years.
As he has tried and failed to persuade staff at the bike rental company, the company's name is Lyme, to acknowledge the life-changing consequence of the incident.
Now, this happened three years ago.
Just last week, the clip of the collision went viral.
As it emerged, the company has not paid compensation to the couple and has not responded to their calls for more to be done to stop the road underage cyclist using the e-bikes illegally.
flouting all traffic rules, cyclists on pavements are jumping red lights.
It has become like the wild, wild west, Orchie said, sitting on a pile of cushions in her West London flat, arranged for maximum comfort in the face of continuing stiffness and pain caused by the incident.
She suffered a fractured collarbone, two spinal fractures, and a badly broken femur that required three operations to fix.
She says the medical staff at the Central London Hospital where she was treated had not previously seen such severe injuries, but were becoming used to treating patients with e-bike-related damage.
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