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Category: | General road environment: Event or temporary issue |
Tags: | addenbrookes, cambridge, collision, fatal, hillsroad, lorry |
Date time: | 8.00am, Thursday 7th October, 2021 |
Time line: | Earlier | Later |
Facing: | South east |
Added by: | simon |
Copyright: | Public domain |
Area: | Cambridge |
Early report about the fatal crash from: www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/cambridge-collision-fatal-hospital
" 7 Oct 2021
A woman has died following a collision this morning near Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
The woman, who is in her 20s, was on foot when she was struck by a lorry at just before 8am.
The A1307 has been closed at its junction with Fendon Road and is expected to remain so for several hours.
Motorists are urged to avoid the area and to use the Trumpington entrance to the hospital.
An investigation has begun and the driver of the lorry, a 27-year-old man from Hertford, Hertfordshire, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving.
He has been taken to Huntingdon Police Station.
Police are appealing for anyone who saw the collision or who may have dashcam footage to get in touch."
twitter.com/cambscops/status/1446066570938159104
twitter.com/sam_in_cam/status/1446031016380993539
From about 3pm that afternoon the story changed to reveal that it was a cyclist fatality.
Photos of the location, which is actually on Hills Road, are at: www.cyclestreets.net/location/174671-3/
Victim named:
www.cambs.police.uk/news-and-appeals/fatal-tribute-anna-garratt-quinton
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