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Boris Bike cyclist death

A Boris Bike cyclist who died following a collision with a lorry in Whitechapel last Friday has been formally identified as 20-year-old Philippine Degerin-Ricard.

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First Boris Bike cyclist death

A cyclist riding a Boris bike has died after a crash involving a lorry in east London.

Transport for London said it was the first fatality involving a "Boris bike" since the scheme started in 2010. Credit: Reuters/Toby Melville

The female cyclist was hit on the junction of Commercial Street and Whitechapel Road outside Aldgate East station on Friday evening.

London Ambulance Service was called to the scene at 1830 BST and she was taken to a hospital, but pronounced dead.

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