A second cyclist was killed tonight at Keele and Finch.Run over by a tractor trailer, female cyclist. (G&M)
Tanya writes:
"I just saw this on city-tv news. They showed the mangled bike wheel in front of the tractor trailer. Unbelievable.
One beautiful day. Two cyclists. Two trucks. Too sad."
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Two city cyclists dead after colliding with trucks
OLIVER MOORE
Separate accidents involving large trucks killed a pair of cyclists in Toronto yesterday.
The first collision came during the morning commuting rush. A cyclist riding southbound on Avenue Road, between Eglinton Avenue and Lawrence Avenue, was hit shortly before 9 a.m. by a dump truck.
According to police, the collision came as the southbound truck turned right off the busy road. The truck was able to complete the turn onto residential Cortleigh Boulevard, but the cyclist was left lying on the pavement with fatal head injuries.
The second accident came about an hour after dark, at about 9 p.m. According to police, a woman was killed in a collision with an 18-wheeler truck at the intersection of Keele Street and Finch Avenue. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The names of the victims were not released last night.
The deaths, the first bicycle fatalities of the year for Toronto, left one cycling advocate fuming that a decade of public awareness campaigns seemed to have come to nothing.
Darren Stehr, a member of Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists, said that politicians for years have been ignoring a coroner's report calling for safety barriers to prevent cyclists from being pulled under trucks.
"We've harped left, right and centre about this coroner's report but no one's listening," he said. "They've known about trucks and cyclists. We can make all kinds of excuses but, until they do something about trucks, cyclists will get killed."
Warm spring weather brings many more people out on their bicycles, some of them inexperienced, but Mr. Stehr argued that even the safest cycling practices will not protect against an inattentive driver.
Two cyclists were killed on July 29, 1998. Three in all of August 1997.
You're right, Owen. I will correct that. Thank you for setting me straight.
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