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British cyclist killed, two injured, after driver crashes into them in Romania
A British tourist on holiday in Romania has been killed and two others seriously injured after a driver who reportedly "didn't keep his distance" from them crashed into the trio as they were cycling in the east of the country this afternoon.
The fatal incident happened on a road between the village of Agighiol and the city of Tulcea, close to the country's Black Sea coastline, reports realitatea.net.
The cyclist who died was reported to be a 56-year-old male who suffered a heart attack following the incident, while the two riders who sustained serious injuries were both aged 60.
Amalia Ignatencu, spokeswoman for the county police inspectorate, said that police were investigating the incident, and that it appeared the 20-year-old male motorist involved, who has been held for questioning, "didn’t keep his distance” from the cyclists.
County ambulance service director Dumitru Valcu said: "We did everything possible for one of the tourists, but we could not save him," adding that one of the seriously injured riders was airlifted to hospital in Tulcea with concussion and abdominal injuries and was reported to be undergoing a CT scan.
Simon has been news editor at road.cc since 2009, reporting on 10 editions and counting of pro cycling’s biggest races such as the Tour de France, stories on issues including infrastructure and campaigning, and interviewing some of the biggest names in cycling. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, his background has proved invaluable in reporting on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, and the bike industry. He splits his time between London and Cambridge, and loves taking his miniature schnauzer Elodie on adventures in the basket of her Elephant Bike.
Unleaded? I thought you ran old bangers classic cars?
is this actually a new article or updated as written at the top...or has road.cc finally learnt how to use the reset comments button......ha ha
Great news, now perhaps they can move the bike stuff to the ground floor and relegate the car stuff to the mezzanine to highlight the change in...
They've brought it in after realising it should have been done years ago.
Haha, easy pee. Might I suggest EZP as a new marketing acronym for the next big revolution in cycling tights? That said, I can definitely relate,...
Yeah...good.......
That was shocking. I have tried to think of why any driver would do that and there is no possible reason that I can think of. It was one of the...
The ones that really confuse me are the ones who do the picking up and only then leaving the bag.
In a no drugs world Armstrong would have won it once and it would have looked like it was killing him like Cadel Evans.
Then the police would have been there sooner so the reading would have been higher. Not sure where you are going with this one.