Scene following the fatal collision of a cyclist and a bus in Aldgate, east London.

A cyclist became the sixth fatality in nine days on Britain’s roads this morning after a collision with a London bus.

The man was riding along Whitechapel High Street, East London, at around 11.30pm last night when he was hit by the double-decker at the junction with Commercial Road, part of the “Cycle Superhighway 2” route through London.

He is the 13th cyclist to be killed on London’s roads this year.

An ambulance was called to the scene and the unnamed male cyclist, who was suffering from head injuries, was taken to the Royal London trauma unit, part of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

He was pronounced dead at approximately 4am. Scotland Yard said inquiries are under way to locate his next of kin.

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