Cyclist killed in collision with Olympics shuttle bus

A man was killed after his bicycle was involved in a collision with an Olympics shuttle bus near the site of the Games in London on Wednesday, the ambulance service said. An AFP reporter saw a man's legs protruding from under the double decker bus on a slip road outside the Olympic Park and his mangled racing bicycle lay nearby. A group of around 30 soldiers who had been carrying out security duties at the Olympic Park ran over to the scene, where traffic soon built up causing long tailbacks. A London Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed that one man was found dead at the scene. The shuttle buses ferry the thousands of journalists covering the Games between the Olympic Park in Stratford in the east of the capital and hotels in central London. The organisers of the Games were not immediately available for comment.

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Permalink Reply by ID on August 2, 2012 at 3:22am

Obviously, this rider couldn't have been helped by any added safety equipment, it seems that public bike safety has migrated up to the ranks of the professionals....

An interesting quote from Bradley Wiggins after the accident:

"Wiggins was preparing to speak at a press conference when the accident happened and was asked about his views on cycle safety in the capital.

“Ultimately, if you get knocked off and you don’t have a helmet on, then you can’t argue. You can get killed if you don’t have a helmet on,” he said. “You shouldn’t be riding along with iPods and phones and things on. You have lights on. Once there are laws passed for cyclists then you are protected and you can say, ‘Well, I have done everything to be safe’."

Full article is here.