Police have charged the driver of a van after a cycling advocate was struck and killed in the city’s west end last month.

Police say on June 30 Gary Sim, 70, was riding his bike westbound on the north sidewalk at Alliance Ave. approaching Jane St. just after 1 p.m. when he was hit by a man, 62, driving a 2012 Ford van.

The driver was attempting to make a right turn into a driveway.

Sim was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He died on July 2.

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Sim is the second cyclist killed on Toronto roads this year. The first was five-year-old Xavier Morgan, who was hit after he fell into traffic while riding on the Martin Goodman Trail in late May.

Sim was known as a defender of cyclists in Toronto, using Twitter to raise awareness about bike safety. The Sim family sent one final tweet to his followers and the cycling community he loved.

“#BikeTO this is my last tweet as I pedal my ghost bike with you all I was struck down 06/30 while riding and did not survive #sharetheroad,” it reads.

Sim was born and raised in Toronto, near where he was hit at Jane St. and Alliance Ave. Sim was a retired chartered accountant and loved playing guitar at The Jam, a North York club for musicians, said his daughter Heather Sim.

“Music and biking were two very, very important things to him that defined him,” said Heather, adding her dad cycled every day, was “extremely healthy” and could have easily lived another 15 to 20 years.

“It was very senseless, and he lost his life, and we lost him,” she said.

The driver has been charged with turn not in safety. He is scheduled to appear at Old City Hall on Aug. 17.

With files from May Warren