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Cyclist injured in Borough High Street lorry collision

Photos by Lara Brunt

A cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a collision between a bicycle and a tipper truck near Borough Tube Station.

Cyclist injured in Borough High Street lorry collision
Cyclist injured in Borough High Street lorry collision

Borough High Street was closed to traffic on Wednesday lunchtime when a Keltbray tipper truck was involved in a collision with a cyclist at the junction with Great Dover Street.

Police officers at the scene said that the cyclist was taken to hospital with a suspected broken ankle.

In February Professor David Vilaseca was killed in a collision between a bike and a lorry in Tower Bridge Road. A month later medical student Haris Ahmed died in Weston Street.

Another cyclist was injured in Southwark Bridge Road in April.

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