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5 London cyclist deaths in 9 days

A cyclist died after being hit by a double decker bus in the early hours of this morning - the second person to be killed in a cycling accident on London's roads in 24 hours. Five cyclists have died in just nine days in the capital.

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Five cyclists dead in nine days in London

A cyclist died after being hit by a double decker bus in the early hours of this morning - the second person to be killed in a cycling accident on London's roads in 24 hours.

Five cyclists have died in just nine days in the capital.

Police were called to the junction of Whitechapel Road and Commercial Road in Aldgate, east London, at around 11.30pm last night to reports of a collision between the bus and a cyclist.

The man was treated on the roadside by the London Ambulance Service but died in hospital at around 4am today, Scotland Yard said.

No one has been arrested and investigations are under way to locate the cyclist's next of kin.

It brings the total number of cyclists killed on London's roads this year to 13.

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