2020-06-10 Rider Down (Fatality), Sonning, Berks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-52994059?fbclid=IwAR0QAi-VgKYV7yavbZ_v2j_ynPnYiEBJm7cR5MabPdF8jz5Ht3DwHh3tUf8

A road I've ridden many many times. Gutting to read. RIP.

Very sad news, in a road I know very well.
Grim to hear the probable cause too.

RIP.

Really sad news. RIP rider. Been using that route through the lockdown as well.

very sad !

I no longer live there but rode that road many of times. I believe speed limit is 20mph there...

Very sad.

Also well known area to me, grim news. RIP

Rider named as Huw Jones

The family of a man who died following a fatal road traffic collision in Sonning have released a tribute.
The incident occurred at around 7.50am on Wednesday (10/6) following a collision between a car and a cyclist in Thames Street, Sonning.
Huw Jones, who was 42-years-old, from Wokingham, sadly died.
His wife, Julia, said: “Our hearts are broken by the loss of Huw.
“He was a wonderful husband to me and devoted father to Zoe (aged 6) and Ben (aged 4).
“Huw loved his family more than anything. He was very popular in the neighbourhood and much loved by his friends there, and from university, work and school back in Cardiff.
“Huw had been a keen cyclist since childhood and he will be terribly missed by us all.

Thames Valley Police facebook

devoted father to Zoe (aged 6) and Ben (aged 4).

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse...

Terrible, only just saw this. RIP Huw Jones.

Horrible. RIP and thoughts to his poor family