Driver boasts she 'purposely' ran over cyclist while drunk Miss Abela later described her posts on the site as a joke with a friend and said she was definitely not drunk while driving. She said the incident was "a brief collision in which nobody was hurt" and claimed the cyclist screamed abuse and spat at her afterwards. She added: "I should not have generalised all cyclists in such a way and once again I apologise for doing so and for my ludicrous comments." She claims the alleged incident took place on Saturday morning after she tried to overtake three cyclists who were riding abreast. The messages come after Emma Way, 21, boasted about knocking a cyclist of his bike on Twitter in May. The trainee accountant allegedly collided with Toby Hockley, 29, as she drove down a country lane in Rockland All Saints near Thetford, Norfolk. She later posted a tweet, claiming: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off earlier - I have right of way he doesn't even pay road tax #bloodycyclists." She was charged with driving without due care and attention, failing to stop and failing to report an accident. Miss Way claimed she did not stop following the collision because she thought the cyclist had not been hurt. She will appear before Norwich magistrates on August 16.