Person    | Female  Born 1989  Died 6/2/2015

Federica Baldassa

Categories: Cyclist, Tragedy

Countries: Italy

Killed by a Greggs delivery vehicle at about 21.20 on a Friday evening, aged 26. The lorry was turning left into Bloomsbury Square (some yards west of the site of the ghost bike).

Came here from Italy to work in the London fashion world. She had graduated in Padua and had worked for Vivienne Westwood.

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