A woman in her 30s has become the latest cyclist to be killed on the roads of the Republic, bringing the number of cyclist fatalities well past levels seen in all of last year despite almost half the year remaining.
The cyclist death toll on the roads of the Republic has increased further this morning with news that a woman has been killed after being knocked from her bike by an articulated truck in Limerick City.
The fatal collision occurred at 7.30am on the junction of Rutland Street, Fr Matthew Bridge and Charlotte's Quay.
The emergency services were alerted immediately and while paramedics arrived in a bid to save the victim, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The dead woman has not yet been named by the Gardai though she is believed to be in her 30s.
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Her remains were taken to the nearby Mid Western Regional Hospital where a post mortem will take place late today, a statement from the Garda said.
The scene of the collision and adjoining roads were closed this morning to allow crash scene investigators examine the area as part of the Garda’s inquiry into the fatality.
This morning’s death brings to eight the number of cyclists killed on the Republic’s roads so far this year, compared with five in all of last year.
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The most recent death occurred this day last week when a 48-year-old man from Togher, Co Cork, hit a bollard on Shandon St, Cork city, at around 5:40pm.
There was nobody else involved in that crash and it appeared the man sustained head injuries that later proved fatal.
Just five days earlier, on Friday, June 27th, a 32-year-old man died while cycling when he was hit by a car at Ballyvoile, Stradbally, Co Waterford, at approximately 6.50pm.
On May 17th a man in his 40s died after being hit by a car from behind when cycling on the Ballaghadreen Road, about 2km outside Ballyhaunis in Co Mayo.
In Co Galway on April 23rd a cyclist in his 60s died when he was hit by a BMW on the Gort Road in Loughrea.
On February 3rd, a woman who was struck by a car the previous week in Tralee, Co Kerry, died in hospital from her injuries. The victim, in her 40s, was cycling from her own home in Tralee to visit a relative in the town.
On January 27th, a cyclist died when he was knocked from his bike in evening rush hour traffic in Dublin. That collision occurred at City West Road, Brownsbarn Roundabout, Saggart, just before 5.30pm.
Another cyclist in his 40s was struck by a car at the Kilmurray roundabout in Castletroy on the outskirts of Limerick City on Wednesday, January 8th, and later died from his injuries.
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