Detectives investigating a collision in London last Friday in which a female cyclist died have renewed their appeal for witnesses and say they'd particularly like to hear from cyclists.
Detective Constable April Cummins said: "I am specifically appealing to those from the cycling community especially those who may have posted witness accounts on cycling forums. The information you have may be vital to our investigation and I urge you to come forward and speak to us.”
The incident happened just before 8am on Friday February 20 in Bressenden place at the junction with Victoria Street.
The 36-year-old cyclist, later identified as Claire Hitier-Abadie, a French national from Marylebone, Westminster, was pronounced dead at the scene despite the efforts of the Metropolitan police, London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade.
Ms Hitier-Abadie was the fourth cyclist to die in London this year. All four fatalities have involved HGVs, three of them construction vehicles.
The tipper lorry involved in the collision is owned by haulage contractor Gordon. In 2013 a tipper lorry belonging to the same company was involved in the death of hospital porter Brian Holt on Mile End Road.
The collision in Bressenden Place was just a few metres from the spot where Katharine Giles, 35, was killed by a left-turning HGV in April 2013.
It’s the second fatal Boris Bike collision in London. In July 2013 Philippine De Gerin-Ricard, 20, who was also French, died in Whitechapel.
The driver stopped at the scene and no arrests have been made.
DC Cummins said: “The collision took place during rush hour traffic and there were a number of people within the area who may have witnessed the incident who can assist us with our investigation."
A vigil and die-in for Ms Hitier-Abadie will be held on Monday 2nd March, meeting from 6pm for 6.30pm outside Westminster City Hall, Victoria Street.
The incident is being investigated by the Serious Collision Investigation Unit based at Merton Traffic Garage.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information is asked to call the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 0208 543 5157 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
17 thoughts on “Cyclists may have “vital information” on Victoria Boris bike rider fatal crash, say police”
I think they were
I think they were specifically trying to reach a witness on the CTC forum, who has now responded.
“appealing to those from the
Interesting turn of phrase from the Detective Constable, as though when you choose to ride a bike you’re treated like a member of a religious minority.
She would never, for example, say “I’m appealing to those from the pedestrian community”!
A bizarre way to address
A bizarre way to address people who can ride a bike. Are people who regularly fly called the ‘flying community’? Ha!
It’s like we’re actually a seperate race. Maybe that’s what we need to push for in order to become a bit more protected/respected. If ‘cyclist’ became a discriminatable characteristic like gender, age, race etc……
Perhaps some football fans would end up in the papers for being cyclist-ist and pushing a man on his fold-up brompton off the tube whilst singing anti-velo songs.
therealsmallboy
You mean some of the “football supporting community” surely?
therealsmallboy wrote:
It’s
It’s worth a try.
I believe the anti-racism law is written to define a racist incident as: any incident which the victim feels is racist.
Ah! But are there forums
Ah! But are there forums about walking on pavement?! What was it that drew you here? What is a community?
It’s been suggested that the
It’s been suggested that the odious little twat from the “Cyclists are their own worst enemy. They deserve to die!” story is a chap who writes the Rabit2020 blog. If it is, he claims to have seen the incident so the Police may want to speek to him. Although the chances of him providing a fair and balanced account are pretty slim.
http://rabbit2020.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/what-is-connection-between-freddie.html
I quote :-
“I saw the crash at Victoria station when a cyclist was crushed by a tipper truck and yes, as expected the cyclist was weaving in and out of traffic with ”no care for other road users and paid the penalty and another one bites the dust.” “
He’s a twisted little bugger,
He’s a twisted little bugger, isn’t he.
Once hit by a cyclist when in the middle of the road and now hates all cyclists.
He’s pretty easily found on
He’s pretty easily found on LinkedIn. Unfortunately for him he’s looking for a job at the moment which I can’t imagine will be made easier with that sort of attitude.
adscrim wrote:It’s been
That link doesn’t seem to work however I’ve found this on London24 with a video of the idiot;
http://www.london24.com/news/cycling/video_cyclists_are_their_own_worst_enemy_they_deserve_to_die_1_3966454
Joeinpoole wrote:adscrim
That link doesn’t seem to work however I’ve found this on London24 with a video of the idiot;
http://www.london24.com/news/cycling/video_cyclists_are_their_own_worst_enemy_they_deserve_to_die_1_3966454— adscrim
Although he has now deleted it, citing abuse from commentors (which you can see is non-existent), here is a screengrab from his blog. I posted it at Imgur as someone had it on their Google+ page and Im not sure if it is public or not.
That little a******e trolled
That little a******e trolled me for a while on Twitter until i blocked him.
You couldn’t make it up….
A
You couldn’t make it up….
A blog post pinned this morning.
http://rabbit2020.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/james-nash-medical-mission-fund.html
And his gofundme page just in case anyone is feeling sympathy for his plight (not sure why lozenges are so expensive).
http://www.gofundme.com/l9o38c
bikebot wrote:You couldn’t
He says that the cyclist ‘came from nowhere’ and hit him. Now as far as I know, Klingon cloaking devices have not yet been invented, which makes a cyclist appearing from nowhere a physical impossibility. It rather suggests that he stepped into the roadway or somehow changed direction without first stopping to look, in other words causing the incident he’s so upset about.
OldRidgeback wrote:
He says
To be fair with him, I don’t know why I should TBH, he doesn’t say where, or I can’t see where, this happened. He might have been legitimately walking across a zebra crossing and been hit by someone who didn’t give way.
mrmo wrote:OldRidgeback
True, or he might have been crossing at a junction where as a pedestrian he would’ve had priority. But he hasn’t given any detail so we don’t know.
I think he’s a rather sad character to be honest.
or he might have been
not a must but a should and rule that doesn’t work too well…here in Victoria, Aus the wording doesn’t include “started to cross” so drivers (and cyclists) do give way….except during commuting/school run times and any turning from a road with an elevated speed limit, etc
and if he did witness this death I can’t believe could possibly be considered a reliable witness
public stocks and mouth washed out with soap and water?