Cyclist killed in lorry collision

A cyclist has been killed in a collision with a tipper truck during rush hour in central London.

Witnesses said her bicycle could be seen crushed under the wheels of the Gordon Plant Hire truck.

It happened at about 08:00 GMT in Victoria Street next to Victoria Palace Theatre, Victoria.

The woman in her 30s was pronounced dead at the scene. She is the fourth cyclist to have been killed in London this year, Scotland Yard said.

'Just tragic'

Each death involved a lorry.

This week marked the start of a police highway safety operation prompted by the deaths of 29 people on London's roads since the start of the year - 26 of them pedestrians.

The lorry driver in the most recent incident stopped at the scene and no arrests have been made.

The truck was being driven along Bressenden Place, a one-way street, and had just turned left on to Victoria Street at a set of traffic lights when the cyclist was hit on the inside.

Carnel Jarca, a Big Issue seller, who was standing opposite the accident scene, said: "I just heard this big sound, a crash, the sound of crushed metal," he said.

"The truck stopped straight away and I could hear someone shouting to the driver."

Des Dacosta, a maintenance engineer who approached the junction shortly after the accident, said: "I work around here a lot and it's a very busy junction, all day and all night, it is relentless.

"It's just tragic, another cyclist killed in London."

Donnachadh McCarthy from the Stop Killing Cyclists campaign said: "We're now arranging our fourth vigil since the start of the year."

"We want this to be a huge one because we are fed up."

• On 20 January, 29-year-old Stephanie Turner was killed in Amhurst Park, north London

• On 2 February, a 34-year-old man was killed in Hackney, east London
• A 25-year-old woman died near Bloomsbury Square, central London on 6 February

Cyclist killed in lorry collision

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