2023-09-21, Rider down (fatality), Whiston Road, Hackney

Court proceedings are continuing. More details, including an account of the crash and evidence from CCTV of what happened beforehand and afterwards:

CCTV played in court showed how the driver, Martin Reilly, 29, lost control of his uninsured Nissan Note car in wet conditions, causing it to overturn and sending it barrelling head-on into Gao Gao in Whiston Road around 6.40pm on September 21 last year.

Prior to the collision, he had driven the wrong way up a one-way street, driven through a red light and had crossed to the wrong side of the road to overtake two cars immediately before crashing into Gao Gao, who was wearing bright clothing and had a flashing light on the front of her bike.

Reilly, who had 20 previous convictions and was on police bail at the time, fled the overturned vehicle with his father, James Reilly, who was a passenger in the car.

Gao Gao, a Chinese British national, was lying fatally wounded less than 20ft from the overturned car but Reilly insisted he did not see her. Whiston Road, near Haggerston park, is notorious for speeding.

The entire incident – including Reilly and his father fleeing the scene through housing estates - was caught on Hackney council CCTV. Reilly handed himself in to police two days later.

Also very sad details of how this has affected her children.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/gao-gao-cyclist-hit-and-run-hackney-london-trial-sentencing-b1133890.html