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Truck runs over a 33-year-old cyclist when turning

It has happened again: a cyclist was run over by a turning truck and fatally injured.

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Truck runs over a 33-year-old cyclist when turning

It has happened again: a cyclist was run over by a turning truck and fatally injured. According to previous knowledge, the 33-year-old had driven on a protective strip in Hafencity that was not structurally separated from the road, as the police announced. A 56-year-old truck driver drove to her left shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday afternoon and ran over the woman with his dump truck when turning right for reasons that have not yet been clarified. According to the police, both had green.

Rescue measures by first aiders and emergency services were discontinued after assessment by an emergency doctor. The crisis intervention team of the German Red Cross took over the acute care of the truck driver. The police are now looking for witnesses to the accident. Emergency services also used a 3D scanner on site and were supported by an expert. The officials also check to what extent driver assistance systems are integrated in the truck.

Similar accidents have repeatedly occurred in Hamburg in recent years, always followed by a debate about the mandatory introduction of safety systems, as are now mandatory for city vehicles. It was only at the beginning of the week that the Hamburg CDU, after evaluating accident statistics, pointed out that the number of accidents involving cyclists had risen significantly disproportionately to the increase in cycling in the past year. The Senate’s traffic turnaround project also failed because of this.

The traffic authority pointed out that the expansion of the so-called Copenhagen cycle paths, which have a structural separation from the motor vehicle lane - currently one is being built on the Elbchaussee - want to continue to push ahead. Such a solution is also being sought in Altona on Max-Brauer-Allee.

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