Person    | Female  Died 8/2/2017

Karla Roman

Categories: Cyclist, Tragedy

Countries: Brazil

Grew up in Brazil. A qualified architect, aged 32, she began work at LOM Architecture and Design, in Shoreditch, in January 2015. Killed at 9am as she cycled to work.

August 2018: The driver of the coach that killed Karla Roman was convicted of causing death of cyclist by careless driving. Barry Northcott, 40, told police he regularly disregarded the rules about the cycle stop box to “stop himself being swamped by cyclists”.

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Karla Roman

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Karla Roman

Killed at 9am as she cycled to work, by a coach. As far as we can tell the co...

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