Police appeal for bike death information

Traffic police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist died following a collision with a lorry in Whitechapel yesterday.

Officers attended and London Ambulance Service took the cyclist, a 20-year-old woman, to an east London hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Next of kin have not yet been informed.

A post mortem examination will be scheduled in due course.

Officers from the Road Death Investigation Unit at Chadwell Heath Traffic Garage are carrying out enquires into the circumstances of the collision.

Any witnesses are asked to call police on 0208 597 4874.