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What was supposed to be a week of celebrating cycling in London turned into a day of mourning Wednesday when a cyclist died following a crash with a truck on a busy core-area street.

The crash – the second this year in which a cyclist was killed – is renewing calls for the city to make streets safer for cyclists by creating protected bike lanes.

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“We hear about deaths and keep talking about improving infrastructure, but if the city had listened years ago this wouldn’t have happened,” said Shelley Carr, a London cycling advocate.

A man riding a bicycle south on Adelaide Street collided with a flatbed truck travelling in the same direction, Const. Sandasha Bough, a spokesperson for London police, said at the scene.

Witnesses said the cyclist slid under the truck’s trailer. Police said they couldn’t comment on how the crash occurred because the investigation was in the early stages.

The man, whose name wasn’t released, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital, where he died, police said. The crash occurred around noon on Adelaide Street just north of Dundas Street.