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A cyclist has died after being hit by a lorry in north London.

The woman, who was aged in her 30s, was knocked down on Bethune Road, Hackney, at the junction with Amhurst Park at about 8am today.

She was seriously injured in the crash and died at the scene "a short while later", a Scotland Yard spokesman said.

Her next of kin are in the process of being informed and a post-mortem examination will be held in due course, he added.

Motorists are advised to avoid the Seven Sisters area after a female cyclist died in a road traffic collision in Amhurst Park, N16. — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) January 20, 2015

The lorry driver stopped at the scene and has not been arrested.

A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called at 8am this morning to reports of a road traffic collision involving a bike at the junction of Bethune Road and Amhurst Park in N16.

"We sent an ambulance crew and two duty officers to the scene. Sadly, the patient was dead at the scene."

Anita Choudary, whose house overlooks the scene, said children were on their way to nearby schools when the collision happened.

She said: “I looked out of the window and the body was in the road on the zebra crossing. Parents and children were walking to school. It was terrible.

“When I went out five minutes later to take the little one to school they had covered the body. But you could see the bike had been completely dismantled. A wheel was on one side and then there was another part of the bike on the other side of the road.

Speaking of the junction at Amhurst Park another neighbour said: “I heard a thud when it happened from inside the house and didn’t think anything of it. But a few minutes later all the police were there and I realised what had happened.

“It was a very sad scene. I have witnessed so many accidents on this road. Vehicles often just come round the corner too fast and there’s not a lot of room.”

Leon Daniels, managing director of surface transport for TfL, said: “We are deeply saddened that a female cyclist has lost their life. A full investigation into the incident will be carried out and our sympathies are with family and friends.”

A truck driver interviewed by police at the scene who was driving behind the lorry and cyclist as they travelled down Seven Sisters Road towards Manor House said the collision happened as they both turned left into Amhurst Park.

The scaffolder, who wished not to be named, said: “We were behind and it was turning left and she was on the inside and was dragged under the lorry.

“She was just cycling and the lorry as it turned left while she was on the inside it hit her as she was next to it where the traffic lights are as you turn. So it didn’t hit her from behind it was while she was next to it.

“It was like a traffic jam about only 4 or 5mph rolling traffic but it dragged her under.

“The bike was badly damaged and she wasn’t moving.”

Amhurst Park is closed at the junction with Seven Sisters Road while police investigate. Motorists are being asked to avoid the area.

Anyone with information can contact police on 101.