2018-09-19 Rider Down (fatality) St John St, EC1

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/farringdon-crash-woman-cyclist-fighting-for-life-following-crash-with-car-in-central-london-a3940371.html

Cordon still up and traffic police investigators on the scene when I passed by about half three.

Wishing her full recovery

Seconded. Hope you pull through lady rider. Stay safe everyone.

Hope it isn't as bad as it sounds, good luck

Possibly now a fatality.

Link?

Just heard that Prof. Maria Bitner-Glandzicz, Clinical Geneticist at
GOSH, has died of her injuries. So sad. My heart goes out to her
family, friends and colleagues at GOSH.

https://twitter.com/StripyMoggie/status/1043111035660627968

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/cyclist-maria-bitner-glindzicz-dies-after-clerkenwell-crash-1-5706145

Thanks. Always horrible to see it confirmed. Not clear what happened:

The crash that killed Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, 55, also involved a black cab and a stationary car.

Could be dangerous overtaking or rear-ending. Best to wait for facts.

. . . or an opening door. We don't yet know.

RIP Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, another terribly sad loss.

RIP. Time for a black logo :(

True.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/clerkenwell-crash-pioneering-geneticist-who-worked-at-great-ormond-street-hospital-hit-and-killed-by-a3942701.html

RIP

RIP. Thoughts are with her loved one. Sad time.

The Met press release is here - http://news.met.police.uk/news/cyclist-who-died-following-collision-in-clerkenwell-named-as-professor-from-great-ormond-street-childrens-hospital-323904

They are looking for witnesses, and anyone with camera footage.

RiP Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz.

Heartbreaking. RIP x

No. Awful, awful news. So very sad. RIP Maria.

Horrible to hear - RIP.

Rest in peace, Prof. I know many will miss you.

Tragic. Used to work right there, and it’s still on my commute. Seen way too many flowers around that area over the years. RIP.

There's a lovey appreciation of Maria's life and work in the latest BMJ. I think it's paywalled.
https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4233

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/no-justice-for-family-of-great-ormond-street-doctor-killed-on-bike-after-van-driver-dies-a4123736.html

The inquest is sitting:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/brilliant-childrens-doctor-killed-on-her-bike-took-up-cycling-after-77-bomb-attacks-a4208576.html

This is a description of what happened:

Coroner Mary Hassell said Lyreco driver Owen Turner had parked “badly” a metre from the kerb, creating a “hazard” with his Renault van. Mr Turner had refused to answer police questions and provided only a written statement to officers, claiming he had looked before opening his door and had not seen “anyone”. Ms Hassell said she did not accept his account. He was charged with opening his door “so as to injure or endanger” but was found dead at home in April, two days before he was due in court.

Ms Hassell said: “He didn’t look by turning behind him and looking over his shoulder, as he should have, and he didn’t look in his mirror. He didn’t look at all, and just opened his door.”

She said it would never be known whether the professor — wearing a white helmet and fluorescent body strap and “cycling exactly as she should have been” — had fallen after swerving to avoid the door or after being hit by it.

“Either way, she came off the bike because of the opening of the door,” the coroner said, in a narrative verdict. “That caused her to be sucked under the wheels of the cab. That was the cause of the collision, the cause of death … she didn’t stand a chance.”

@VoltairePerkins, could you perhaps mark the thread title as a fatality?