This happened on Friday evening and was my statement to the press.
We'd cycled past Russell Square and were waiting at the lights to turn left into Theobald's Road but there was a short hold-up so we stopped at the lights behind some cyclists on the left of the road.
I was standing next to a friend chatting waiting to move off and noticed a silver Astra in the right-hand lane as the passenger was talking to some cyclists. Initially I thought she was just chatting but after a while I realised she was shouting at cyclists. A couple of people talked to her but then started to just ignore her and she stopped shouting.
A few seconds later I heard a revving engine and the Astra lurched forwards hitting a group of cyclists and knocking them out of the way.
People started to shout to stop but the car accelerated through more cyclists, knocking them to the ground until the driver hit a woman from behind who was waiting at the lights at the junction.
The driver just knocked her over and drove right over the top of her and her bicycle. We were a few feet away and I don't think I'll ever forget the sight of a car driving over a person like she were a speed bump.
The car then accelerated down Kingsway, leaving the woman injured and lying in the road. A number of us went after the driver, although not sure what we would have done if we caught him, but at least managed to get the registration number and description of the vehicle.
The driver ran straight through a series of red lights and after a few miles chase through London, we lost him. A guy that was trying to catch him up realised we'd lost the car.
He got off his bike and doubled up and broke down that we'd not managed to catch the driver.
I phoned my friend and he was still at the ride so I went back, fully expecting to find a dead body, but the woman was miraculously not severely injured. She had scrapes and bruises and was being taken off to hospital as the police took details.
Maybe some people feel that they are held up by cyclists but whatever the reason they justify this to themselves, this person decided to use a vehicle as a weapon against an entirely innocent person but this driver will be going to prison now. There are many witnesses and all of whom will not let this rest until this driver faces the consequences of this violent act.