2013-07-05 - Rider Down/Fatality, Whitechapel Road/Commercial Road (CS2) (London)

RIP fellow rider. A life taken too early. Peace be with your lived ones.

Rip - so so sad.

"little more than blue paint put down on the road".

We need to paint them black "indicative" as Boris believes it may be.

Her parents are flying in today

http://www.london24.com/news/news/obit/parents_of_cyclist_who_died_in_lorry_collision_flying_to_britain_to_formally_identify_daughter_1_2268942

Condolences to all who knew her. RIP

The 20-year-old woman collided with a HGV outside Aldgate East Tube station as she rode along the Mayor’s CS2 cycle superhighway on Whitechapel High Street.

A police community safety officer at the scene claimed the hire bike was thought to have been laden with shopping - which may have caused her to lurch into something and be thrown into the path of the lorry.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/first-cyclist-to-die-while-riding-boris-bike-was-french-student-aged-20-8695102.html

It's not clear exactly who collided with who.

Her parents are flying to UK to identify her. How horrible is that? Give them strength

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/cyclist_s_parents_flying_to_uk_for_formal_identity_after_boris_bike_death_at_aldgate_1_2268881

RIP, as always this is terrible news. That black logo never fails to make me well up.

Coming back to a black logo after being away is always the worst feeling. Condolences to her family and friends.

^This. RIP Rider. and condolences to family and friends. no one should lose their life so young.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/first-cyclist-to-die-while-riding-boris-bike-was-french-student-aged-20-8695102.html

It's not clear exactly who collided with who.

From the Standard: A police community safety officer at the scene claimed the hire bike was thought to have been laden with shopping - which may have caused her to lurch into something and be thrown into the path of the lorry.
If it was simply thought but not known then why mention this. Could have easily said 'the weather was hot and it is thought that the driver may have been looking at ladies passing by in their summer clothes, which may have caused the driver to become distracted and drive into the cyclist'.
We don't know if this happened, so would not mention it....
Shocking reporting, by the police and Standard.

R.I.P. Rider, and may God give your friends and family strength to get through this.

Very well said twitch...

For anyone who would like to take this further: http://www.standard.co.uk/service/complaint-form-8539291.html Also: pcc.org.uk

My sincere condolences to the young lady's family and friends.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/first-cyclist-to-die-while-riding-boris-bike-was-french-student-aged-20-8695102.html

It's not clear exactly who collided with who.

Very well said twitch...

For anyone who would like to take this further: http://www.standard.co.uk/service/complaint-form-8539291.html Also: pcc.org.uk

My sincere condolences to the young lady's family and friends.

Thanks Titivulus, I will be contacting tha Standard and the PCC tommorow. I thought that journalism was dealing with facts rather than just random opinion.

http://www.lfgss.com/thread77366-15.html#post3700783
Ride on Friday

The rider has been named as Phillipine Degerin-Ricard, 20, from France. May she rest in peace and strength to her family.

The LCC have called a flashride on Friday, I'm going to start a seperate post for people to discuss that, organise logistics etc and keep this space clear for people to focus on Ms Degerin-Ricard.

Police are investigating if the design of the road may have caused the French student cyclist to collide with an HGV lorry in Aldgate.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/police-investigate-if-road-design-led-to-french-students-boris-bike-death-8702737.html

Details of flash ride on Friday here http://lcc.org.uk/articles/join-the-london-cycling-campaign-protest-ride-this-friday-calling-for-clear-space-for-cycling-on-our-streets

Also a vigil before the ride remembering recent cyclist and pedestrian lorry victims
http://lcc.org.uk/articles/london-cycling-campaign-support-action-on-lorry-danger-vigil

So, the shopping bags theory was a load of old trousers then.

The mother of a cyclist killed on a Cycle Superhighway in east London has said riding conditions there were "suicidal".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23271760

thoughts and prayers for Phillipine, her family and friends.