One cyclist was killed with a lorry in North London, recognized as a Shatha Ali, a Bahrain-born lawyer.
The woman of 39 years old became the eighth cyclist who died at the same tome of intersection since 2008 when her bike got stuck by an excellent heavy vehicle on Tuesday morning.
She tried to make her way through gridlocked roads near the Holborn gyratory in central London when she was hit at around 10 am. Traffic was high due to Tube strikes, forcing millions of commuters to find substitute travel modes.
Relatives of the victims consider her a pure soul and a very kind, true soul who is always ready to help others.
Bahrain-born Ms Ali moved to Britain when she was a one-year-old raised in the UK capital.
She completed her graduation from King’s College London with a degree in Law in 2003. She developed her career as an Islamic finance expert with the leading international Law firm Lathman and Watkins.
But according to her family members’ views, her career did not define her well because she loved to travel and to hike in her free spare time. They added that she was “everybody’s ‘go to’ person”, adding: “We always depended on her.”
According to her father, ‘Hasan Ali’ stated her daughter as “extremely generous” and said she loves to contribute to charities.
“She had very good, close friends,” he said.
Due to the latest and the eight tragedy, cyclists have requested from London Mayor ‘Sadiq Khan’ in order to reduce the risks to cyclists at the shady spot outside Holborn station.
Her friend Ala’a Al-Shehabi, a lecturer at University College London, stated Ms Ali was familiar with cycling on London roads and “should not have died in this horrific way”.
“Absolutely overwhelmed to hear the tragic news that my childhood friend Shatha Ali was killed in a horrific accident.
Sadiq Khan why haven’t you done anything to protect cyclists there?”
“Prayers and condolences to her family and to all of Bahrain,” she added.