Person    | Female  Died 19/2/2015

Claire Hitier-Abadie

Categories: Cyclist, Tragedy

Countries: France

36-year-old French national, lived in Marylebone with her husband and 2 children. Riding a Boris bike, killed by a Crossrail tipper truck turning left on top of her at the Victoria Street / Bressenden Place junction.  This happened just before 8am on a Thursday.

In November 2015 driver Alan Warwick, 61 was accused of causing her death. This happened only 14 months after a tipper truck from the same construction firm, GF Gordon Plant Hire, killed another cyclist, Brian Holt.

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