Stanningley Road crash: Man on electric cycle dead in horror crash in Leeds as police appeal for witnesses
A cyclist has died in a horror crash in Leeds involving an electric cycle on Monday. Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276
At 9.10am yesterday (December 11), police[2] were called to Stanningley Road in Leeds[3] where the rider of an electric cycle had been seriously injured in a crash. The 31-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene.
Stanningley Road was closed following a serious crash on Monday morning
The man had been travelling towards the city centre on the eastbound cycle lane, a short distance from the junction with Houghley Lane, when he lost control of the cycle and crashed into a street sign.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident.
The crash is being investigated by officers from West Yorkshire Police Major Collision Enquiry Team (MCET).
They are asking anyone who witnessed the collision or the movements of the rider in the time leading up to it, particularly anyone with relevant dashcam footage, to contact MCET via 101 quoting reference 13230682736 or online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/livechat.[4]
References
- ^ Visit Shots! now (www.shotstv.com)
- ^ police (www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk)
- ^ Leeds (www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk)
- ^ www.westyorkshire.police.uk/livechat. (www.westyorkshire.police.uk)