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London cyclist hospitalised after another Shard building truck incident

Woman has narrow escape after being caught between truck and railings

A London cyclist was last week hospitalised with a suspected broken ankle after being hit at a junction outside Borough tube station by a lorry belonging to a firm that owns another vehicle involved in a nearby accident that claimed the life of a bike rider earlier this year.

In last week’s accident, a woman said to be aged around 40 was trapped between the railings and the lorry at the junction of Borough High Street and Great Dover Street, reports the Evening Standard - a chilling echo of precisely the type of collision that has claimed the lives of a number of female cyclists in the capital in recent years.

The latest incident took place just a few hundred yards from where 21-year-old medical student Muhammed ‘Haris’ Ahmed was killed in March, in an area that is currently experiencing higher-than-usual levels of HGV traffic due to the construction of 1,000-foot tall Shard skyscraper by London Bridge Station.

The Standard said that the Metropolitan Police had bailed the 26-year-old driver of the tipper truck involved in last week’s accident while it continued its enquiries.

The newspaper quoted a spokesman for Keltbray as saying: “Our thoughts are with the cyclist and the driver — from our subcontractor Primagrange — involved in this accident and we do wish the cyclist a full and speedy recovery.

"The circumstances of the collision are a matter for the Metropolitan police and we obviously cannot comment on the details of how this collision took place, but it is important to note that Keltbray places safety at the forefront of all aspects of its operations — and in particular vehicle movements in busy, highly congested locations such as central London.”

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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tired old fart | 13 years ago
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i think the best way for us to get redress on drivers who clearly don't give a shit is to start posting the reg of the vehicle on line then they may find their insurance going up.
This week so far woman driving a corsa clipped me as she went past her reg is DA09 EHD. An AA truck decided to pull alongside me in chester and push me into the kerb I had to chase him for some time but I managed to get his name Jason Duncan AA company ID number 083863 vehicle reg OU10 ETL. Anyone else care to join in?

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PhilRuss replied to tired old fart | 12 years ago
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Dear "Tired Old Bathtub"....you managed to get his name, rather than a load of foul language? How?
P.R.

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Recumbenteer | 13 years ago
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Today, I was passed by three construction lorries in quick succession. I maintained primary and while the first two passed OK, the third decided to overtake me immediately before a roundabout and did a left-hook on me. Luckily, I had been keeping a keen eye on each and from his revving and gear changing, I anticipated what the third was upto before he executed the manoeuvre.

What a bastard.

PS I'm going to write to my MP demanding cyclists are issued with .44 magnum revolvers and have the authority to 'off' any drivers that endanger them  3

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