Shock moment driving instructor ploughs into cycling grandma sending her flying & seriously injuring her

THIS is the shocking moment a driving instructor ploughs into a cycling grandma leaving her with devastating injuries. Rebecca Tanton was riding her bike when she was struck by a car travelling 55mph in Lincolnshire two years ago. This is the shocking moment a woman is thrown from her bike by a driving instructor Credit: CPS Rebecca Tanton suffered devastating injuries after a car hit her bike at 55mph Credit: CPS Shocking footage shows the moment Jon Dick smashes his Ford Puma into the mother-of-three on Manby Road on October 7 2024. In one rear view clip, she is seen flying through the air as she is launched from the bike before she crashes to the tarmac. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! She is then seen sprawled on the side of the road as a car behind is forced to swerve out of the way. Dashcam footage then shows Mr Dick in the driver’s seat as the car jolts after hitting Ms Tanton before he slows to a stop, realising what had happened. Jon Dick was handed a suspended sentence and banned from driving for two years last December Credit: CPS Ms Tanton said her ‘life is changed completely’ Credit: CPS She told the Daily Mail her “life is changed completely” adding: “I am simply existing in constant pain, while Jon Dick is still walking around freely – and he has shown no remorse whatsoever.” “From the moment Jon Dick carelessly drove his car into me, he took away my freedom, independence and love of life,” she added. She claimed that the driving instructor had never apologised for the incident that left her fighting for her life. Ms Tanton said she remembered “very little of the aftermath”. Most read in The Sun She suffered catastrophic injuries and was raced to hospital for an emergency blood transfusion. Her pelvis and the bones on the right hand side of her body were left completely shattered by the crash. The grandmother also suffered a horror facial injury and underwent emergency plastic surgery that evening to stop her haemorrhaging blood. Over the course of the following weeks, Ms Tanton recovered in ICU where she had seven metal plates screwed into her bones. When her wounds started to heal, she contracted sepsis as a result of the plates. An emergency operation to stem the infection resulted in an accidentally torn bladder and was forced to wear a catheter for three weeks. And as she recovered, she was forced to make funeral arrangements for her 33-year-old son who tragically passed away from brain cancer. She said the funeral for the beloved marine pilot had to be postponed until she was in a stable condition, adding she was “barely able to walk” due to her injuries. Before the crash, Ms Tanton was an avid cyclist riding 40 miles a day while she also enjoyed horse-riding and swimming. Now, Ms Tanton faces the constant threat of her sepsis returning due to the metal plates fused to her bones. Doctors say she has a one-in-three chance of survival. In December 2025, Jon Dick was found guilty of causing serious injury by careless driving and was handed a suspended prison sentence and two-year driving ban. The Sun has contacted Mr Dick for comment.