Bush falls off bicycle in collision with officer

July 07, 2005|Associated Press

GLENEAGLES, Scotland -- President Bush collided yesterday with a local police officer and fell while riding a bike on the grounds of the Gleneagles golf resort, where the Group of Eight meeting is taking place.

Bush suffered scrapes on his hands and arms that required bandages, said a White House spokesman, Scott McClellan.

The police officer was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, McClellan said. Police said the officer suffered a minor ankle injury.

Light rain was falling at the time.

The officer was on a security detail. He is a member of the police department of Strathclyde, a nearby town, McClellan said.

The president expressed concern about the officer's condition, and talked with him for some time after the collision, McClellan said. The president also asked the White House physician, Richard Tubb, to monitor the officer's condition at the hospital. The fall did not affect the president's schedule.