Another cyclist down this morning.

[Nutty1979]

Saw the aftermath on whitechaple road (east London) this morning, right outside the hospital. The road was taped off for about half a mile and all cyclists were forced to dismount and walk past, All i could see was allot of medical mess, a helmet and a cyclist rucksack. I hope the person is ok and its not as bad as it looked.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Ditto your last sentiments!

The hospital an A&E one?

 

[BigSteev]

Fatal apparently http://www.londonfgss.com/thread29617.html . Which I'd figured just from the size of area blocked off/number of police vehicles.

Probably the worst junction of my commute.

 

[Blackandblue]

Bad news. RIP. Sympathies to all who knew him/her.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Yeh, the FGSS site is saying female and left turning lorry.. how many this year?

RIP!

 

[Corvette chic]

only mention is on bbc london travel of incident ffs - very sad r.i.p.

 

[Perry]

Very sad +1 of the above

 

[numbnuts]

RIP

 

[Crankarm]

RIP the cyclist. Apparently they lost their life at about 7am this morning. The cyclist may have been female hit by a left turning 7.5tonne lorry .

 

[ChrisKH]

I can't believe people are still going down the side of lorries after all the publicity so I await the details. Not that it will change anything for her family either way. RIP.

 

[Crankarm]

I can't believe people are still going down the side of lorries after all the publicity so I await the details. Not that it will change anything for her family either way. RIP.

The cyclist may not have been going down the side of the lorry and likewise the lorry driver may not have overtaken and turned in on her. There is no information at this stage as to how the fatality occured.

I terrible way to go. RIP.

 

[J4CKO]

RIP,

All seems too familiar.

 

[BigSteev]

I can't believe people are still going down the side of lorries after all the publicity so I await the details. Not that it will change anything for her family either way. RIP.

That's exactly where the cycle path would put you on that junction. Which is why I don't use it.

 

[ChrisKH]

The cyclist may not have been going down the side of the lorry and likewise the lorry driver may not have overtaken and turned in on her. There is no information at this stage as to how the fatality occured.

I terrible way to go. RIP.

Well one or both of them did something wrong. And as I said it won't change anything for her family.

 

[Nutty1979]

Just looked on google maps to see the junction where it happens, i've marked with a blue dot to where i see the aftermath. you can see where a bus lane starts. On the otherside of the bus lane is a market and small vans/ lorrys are always parking up there to unload for the market and they have to cross over the bus lane to park up. It is a very dangerous junction, i'll be sure to take extra care around there.

My heart goes out to her/his loved ones.