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Eight club cyclists killed in head-on crash in Italy

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  1. SRD
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    Story here

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. kaputnik
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    I read this on the beeb. It made me not want to read any more. The driver of the car apparently tested positive for marijuana.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. Claggy Cog
    Member

    Dreadful... and very sad.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. SRD
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    And then this from Cumbria: Two cyclists killed in coach collision in Cumbria

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. PS
    Member

    And then this from Cumbria: ...

    Moota is a "fast" stretch of busy road (the main road down to West Cumbria) and would certainly not be my choice for cycling. It's a notorious bit of road for crashes, mainly because it's a straight stretch so people try and overtake on it (often with some overconfidence in their car's ability to provide the requisite acceleration), without taking into account the turn offs and blind summit.

    However, the report says the coach was travelling in the same direction as the cyclists. If no other vehicles were involved, I'm struggling to see how this could happen beyond appalling driving.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. PS
    Member

    Two brothers
    Tragic. Very sad.

    Posted 13 years ago #

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