2017-09-27 - Rider Down/Fatality, Chelsea Bridge

Crushed bike under a tipper truck turning left.. same old sad story.

Looks very bad.

A mate road past this morning, said it looked bad, potentially 2 bikes involved?

Oh shit

Latest update on Twitter is that a woman has been taken to hospital.

Pic seen via stopkillingcyclists twitter seems to show bike on rhs of truck. Unusual.

Thoughts with all affected regardless :(

Yeh - this look bad going past this morning.
Two bikes on the ground - one mangled under a HGV - one just flat on the ground.

ALL the police / Ambulance.

Yeah, lots of emergency vehicles

Standard article:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/female-cyclist-fighting-for-life-after-being-hit-by-lorry-on-chelsea-bridge-a3644666.html

Sounds horrible. Fingers crossed.

I must have gone through that junction about 5 minutes earlier :(

I really hope she pulls through. The vehicle involved was an HCD London Ltd truck. Worth taking a look at this link for some background information on the company owners. It appears they may have previous: http://www.cyclinguk.org/news/20150608-reining-rogue-goods-vehicle-operators

Looking possible the it was operating illegally? Operator previously banned after killing rider?
https://twitter.com/countcaspargh/status/912988940696682497

Horrible. I hope the rider recovers.

Pimlico and Chelsea are absolutely gridlocked. Avoid the area, especially on a bike as there are lots of frustrated / angry drivers sitting in the jams, pulling U turns without looking and hitting top speed until they realise the next side road is also jammed.

Apparently Hayley Drummond is the banned operator's wife. This is shocking stuff.

HCD. Hayley Caroline Drummond.

Forgive my ignorance, but who's Hayley Drummond?

Now being reported as a fatality. RIP lady.

"Freight operators Alan and Colin Drummond have been barred from running or managing trucks after one of their vehicles, driven by Barry Meyer, killed cyclist Alan Neve in July 2013."

Wife of Alan Drummond who is banned for life from operating an HGV firm.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/haulage-firm-bosses-banned-for-not-checking-if-killer-driver-had-licence-10352236.html

RIP 36 year old female cyclist. Can we change the logo to black please? http://news.met.police.uk/news/appeal-following-fatal-collision-on-chelsea-bridge-263812

When Drummond asked Meyer where his licence was Meyer said "I left it at home" and was given the keys to a fifteen ton truck. Drummond failed to respond to the Transport Commissioner's letters and failed to attend the enquiry.

What a fucking travesty.

@Velocio

This is horrific, my thoughts with the family and friends of this poor lady.

It is absolutely criminal that these individuals are still able to operate large trucks.

Fucking awful. RIP

If a death wasn't enough ... so sad.. rip