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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade Media correspondent

Former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby recovering in hospital after being hit by ebike

Broadcaster Margaret Throsby at Balmain library
Margaret Throsby at the opening of a reading room named in her honour at Balmain library. The broadcaster is recovering in hospital after being hit by an ebike. Photograph: Holly Throsby/Instagram

Former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby is recovering in hospital after she was struck by an electric “fat bike” while walking on a shared path in the Illawarra, south of Sydney last week.

Her daughter, musician and author Holly Throsby, said the 84-year-old required surgery after a high impact collision with two teenagers on a fat bike left her with an injured hip, thumb and head.

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