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Two women cyclists have been killed in separate crashes in 24 hours of carnage on London’s roads.

Anita Szucs, 30, suffered fatal injuries in a suspected hit and run as she cycled home from work in the early hours yesterday.

A second woman, aged 32, then died in hospital after being crushed under a coach on a cycle superhighway in Whitechapel a few hours later.

They are the first cyclists to die on London’s roads this year.

Mrs Szucs, who moved to London from Hungary several years ago, was returning home from work at a warehouse when her bicycle was “sliced in two” by a car in Bounces Road, near her Enfield home at 1.45am yesterday.

She was later pronounced dead in hospital.

Detectives were today hunting the driver of a small white car who fled the scene leaving the victim lying in the road.

Her husband Tamas Mezo, 31, a massage therapist, said the death came just days before their first wedding anniversary and her birthday.

He said: “Everybody loved Anita. She was an amazing person. She was humble and so lovely, this is a huge loss for everyone who has known her.

“We moved to London for a better life. She was working ten to 12 hours shifts six days a week sometimes. She worked so hard for a better life and in the end that has what has claimed her life, being in the road at that time.”

He added: “ We were planning to save money, move a little way out of London and start a family. We had our whole future ahead of us.”

“We were about to celebrate our first wedding anniversary and it was also about to be Anita’s 31st birthday, all this month, it’s heartbreaking.”

Mr Mezo said “urgent action” was needed to be taken to improve safety on the roads.

“We need more cycle lanes and action from the mayor. How many more families have to go through what I am before they sit up and take notice.

“Anita was simply trying to work for a better life and was robbed of everything because the roads are so dangerous for cyclists. It’s shameful.”

Police said they believe the car would have been extensively damaged in the collision, with a broken windscreen and dents to its bonnet.

Neighbours told how they were woken by the sound of the crash in the quiet road.

John Laoutaris, 66, a retired clothing trader, said: “I heard a bang and a scraping noise. We looked out the window and saw her lying there.

“It’s very sad.”

Resident Christella Christou, 55, said: “Police said it was a hit and run. All I could see was the bike – it was sliced in two. I was in shock.

“The poor thing. God knows how long she was lying in the road.”

The second accident took place near a busy junction on Whitechapel Road at 9am yesterday.

One witness, a 26-year-old engineer, said: “It was traumatic. I saw the coach accelerate very quickly and then heard a sickening crunch.

“The driver got out and had a look but was told to get back on the coach, he kept his passengers on board.”

An off-duty doctor on his way to the Royal London Hospital was the first to reach the woman and helped to free her from the coach’s wheels following the collision.

Paramedics said the woman suffered a cardiac arrest at the scene. She was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.

A Met Police spokesman said no arrests had been made.

Minutes later a male pedestrian was knocked over and killed by a tipper truck a mile away on Commercial Street.

Witnesses said the elderly man was walking on a pedestrian crossing when a truck lurched forwards, hitting him.

Ten cyclists are known to have died on London’s roads last year.

They included Italian prince Filippo Corsini knocked down by a truck in Knightsbridge, and 15-year-old Nahid Islam who was killed by a motorcycle as he cycled to pick up his birthday cake in Belsize Park.

There were no arrests.