{"id":2585,"date":"2017-12-05T18:31:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2017-12-05T18:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T18:31:07","slug":"my-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2017\/12\/my-obituary\/","title":{"rendered":"My Obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not quite, but consider the coincidences:<\/p>\n<p>OLICE are appealing for witnesses to a collision after a cyclist died from head injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Smith, 33, of St Paul&#8217;s Cray, was found by police lying in Crofton Road, Orpington, at around 11.30pm on March 13.<\/p>\n<p>Police received calls from members of the public at about the same time patrolling officers coincidentally discovered Mr Smith near the junction with Poplar Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to Bromley Hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Part of Crofton Road was cordoned off until the next morning.<\/p>\n<p>A post mortem carried out at Beckenham Mortuary on March 14 found the cause of death to be severe head <\/p>\n<p>Same name, same age, same part of London. I ride on that road every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not quite, but consider the coincidences: OLICE are appealing for witnesses to a collision after a cyclist died from head injuries. Paul Smith, 33, of St Paul&#8217;s Cray, was found by police lying in Crofton Road, Orpington, at around 11.30pm &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2017\/12\/my-obituary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-FH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2688,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2021\/02\/my-last-road-accident\/","url_meta":{"origin":2585,"position":0},"title":"My Last Road Accident","author":"taxicle","date":"February 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"10th June 2019. 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