A 29-year-old woman died as a result of her injuries after she was struck by a lorry while biking at the roundabout on the Van Iddekingeweg and the Vondellaan in the city of Groningen.
Translation by Traci White
UPDATE: 4:30 p.m., Thursday, 17 January
Dagblad van het Noorden reports that the woman has died after being critically injured. The Groningen police shared on Twitter earlier on Thursday that the cyclist was a woman and that she had been transported to a nearby hospital. The police are investigating the collision.
De fietsster (vrouw) is met zware verwondingen naar een ziekenhuis gebracht. Het ongeval gebeurde op een rotonde. Wat er precies is gebeurd wordt uitgezocht. Naast de hulpverlening zijn ook collega’s bezig om familie te traceren en te informeren. https://t.co/OdcR1G2Jg4
— Politie Groningen (@polgroningen) 17 januari 2019
The roundabout has been closed to traffic in connection to the incident. On Wednesday, plans were announced to build separated cycling paths on the Van Iddekingeweg.
Photo source: Sarah van Steenderen
