2014-10-17 - Rider Down/Fatality, Ludgate Circus

So very, very sad.

RIP Rider

goddamit. rip lady.

Janina's plight was just featured on 24h to save your life. Harrowing. RIP.

Just saw this too. Massive respect for all the hospital staff. RIP Janina.

That episode of An Hour to Save Your Life is on the iPlayer. Not for the faint hearted, but Janina's family appear towards the end and utter respect for them in sharing so much so publicly. I only hope it helps focus a few minds on avoiding such tragedies.

It appears that both the lorry drivers that ran over Janina Gehlau and Victor Manuel Ben-Rodriguez at Ludgate Circus will appear in court.

RIP.

I'm watching it right now, absolutely harrowing.

Saw this today, very upsetting. Can anyone confirm this:

"Vincent Doyle, 44, of Brent, has been summoned to appear at City of London magistrates’ court on July 13 over allegations he caused the death by careless driving of German postgraduate student Mrs Gehlau." http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/two-lorry-drivers-face-court-over-deaths-of-cyclists-killed-in-separate-crashes-at-ludgate-circus-blackspot-10278196.html

""Danny" Reidar Farr, killed October 1, 1999, junction of Westbourne Grove and Hereford Road, by a left turning skip lorry, driven by Vincent Doyle, operated by PowerDay. Despite witness evidence that driver failed to signal, court acquitted driver."

http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/oct04/oct11news2

I wonder if the court will get the message this time?

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/lorry-driver-denies-causing-cyclist-janina-gehlaus-death-in-farringdon-road-a2952161.html

The trial of the lorry driver is underway:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/janina-gehlau-lorry-driver-should-have-seen-cyclist-for-up-to-five-seconds-before-fatal-collision-a3213666.html

The usual result.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/31/husband-of-cyclist-killed-by-london-lorry-cries-as-driver-is-acquitted

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45561692

Janina's mother is trying to sue the lorry driver and employer.