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MG - Agree although it was dark at the time the incident happened.
While it's a slightly contentious comment apparently the victim was not wearing a helmet (according to the person I spoke to on the south side of the bridge shortly afterwards).
That said the description of the damage to the VW in the posts above mentions makes it sound like there was quite a bit of speed involved so a helmet may not have helped (although of course a head injury may not have been a factor).
It's a dangerous bridge that cars speed over far too freely. Someone else commented to me that a pedestrian was hit (killed I think) by a car as they were trying to cross the bridge just a few weeks ago.