Police in Cornwall have launched an appeal for witnesses after a teenage cyclist was killed following a collision involving a van near Truro on Saturday.
Devon & Cornwall Police say they were alerted to the incident, which took place at around 1345 hours, by South Western Ambulance Service Trust’s control centre.
The cyclist, a teenager from the Truro area, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision on Tubbon Hill, near Stithians, around 7 kilometres southwest of Truro.
Officers from the Roads Policing Team attended the scene and carried out a full investigation on the road, including a forensic examination.
Police have asked anyone with information or dashcam footage to come forward.
They can be contacted on the non-emergency number 101 quoting incident number 391 of 28th December 2019, or via the charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
2 thoughts on “Police appeal after teenage cyclist killed near Truro”
This girl was a relative of
This girl was a relative of some family freinds, and it’s depserately sad that this has happened.
It makes me so angry that the authorities neglect cycle infrastructure to such an extent that an ordinary girl is killed using the public highway in a perfectly leagal way. This is why I get very annoyed with people I know who say “but cyclists just get in the way” and “why should we spend money in bike paths when people don’t cycle much” – because people die doing something that should be as ordinary as walking, and doing something that harms nobody else.
There is no reason that this should have happened at all. It’s pathetic that its almost 2020 and you should only epxect to be “safe” on our roads if you’re in a metal box.
mr_pickles2 wrote:
Condolances.
Everything you say is true, but another death doesn’t mean anything to the people who ultimately could stop up certain roads to motor traffic or dedicate half the road for bi-directional cycling with absolute priority and at the very least ensure motor traffic has to slow to safe speeds in built up areas. It doesn’t mean anything to the local police who will yet again insist on helmets/hi-vis and cycle training for children as the main defence against getting killed (despite zero evidence this works, quite the contrary), the police may not even bother charging the person doing the harm because of lack of such.
It’s a meaningless death to out of touch judges who will not ever hand out fair sentences/charges to those that kill and maim to act as a deterrent. it’s a meaningless death to equally out of touch coronor’s who will suggest this or that could have been done by the vulnerable person despite never applying that to any other person in society and basically victim blame just like the police and many others and find excuses for the driver as always. it’ll be a meaningless death to the general public who think if a child makes a minor error then it’s all on them for what happens.
Be prepared for all of that!
Good luck getting ‘justice’, you will need it!