Fatal cyclist was 'top scientist'
A female cyclist who was killed after a collision with a lorry on Monday morning in London has been named. It happened on Palace Street at the junction with Victoria Street, SW1.
Cyclist killed in Victoria lorry crash was 'top global warming scientist'
The cyclist who was killed in London on Monday after being struck by a lorry has been named as Dr Katharine Giles, a Research Fellow and lecturer at UCL in her thirties who was carrying out groundbreaking research into global warming.
She was killed during morning rush-hour traffic in central London as a tipper truck turned left into Victoria Street.
The driver of the lorry stopped but no arrests have been made.
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