Tuesday 9 March 2010

Cyclist killed by lorry in London today























A male cyclist, believed to be in his early 20s, has been killed in a collision with a lorry at the junction of Snowsfields and Weston Street near Guy's Hospital.

With hideous and bitter irony this fatality coincided with Boris Johnson and Transport for London launching

a major cycle safety awareness campaign aimed at cyclists in the capital

Update

The dead cyclist was 21 years old.

The vehicle involved in the collision was a tipper lorry