Pedestrian dies

Evening Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3198936.html

The husband of a human resources executive who died after being hit by a cyclist today paid tribute to a "wonderful and much-loved" woman.

Kim Briggs, 44, who lived in Lewisham, died after the bike hit her in Old Street while she was on her lunch break.

An air ambulance team was called to the scene and paramedics battled to try and save her life before taking her to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

The mother-of-two had started in January as head of human resources at ancestry website Find my Past. She had worked as an HR consultant for more than 14 years.

She was hit close to the office building where she worked after being told that morning she was in line for an improved contract.

The cyclist stopped at the scene and is helping police with their enquiries. No one has been arrested in connection with the tragedy on February 19.

Mrs Briggs' heartbroken husband Matthew, 45, today told the Standard: "Kim was a wonderful and much loved woman who lived her life to the full and brought warmth to everyone she met.

"She bought a sense of fun to every occasion and we are devastated by this loss.

"We were very lucky to have had such a wonderful woman in our lives and her loss is greatly felt.

"She will be so dearly missed by all her many friends and family."

Darren Makarem, chief operating officer at Find My Past, said: "She was so full of ideas and enthusiasm and was wonderful to be around.

"Just that morning we had been talking about giving her a better contract, it's so tragic. She went out for lunch and never came back.

"We could see the accident scene form the office but had no idea Kim was involved. She will be greatly missed. She was so proud of her family and her children and was such a positive person."

Shocked neighbours also paid tribute to Mrs Briggs who had lived in Lewisham for at least a decade.

One said: "They are the loveliest people we are just devastated for them."

A London Air Ambulance spokeswoman said an advanced trauma team had been dispatached to the incident at just after 12.30pm on the day of the collision.

She said: "Following treatment, the patient was then taken by road, with the London Ambulance Service, to The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel escorted by the London's Air Ambulance doctor."

A fundraising page set up in memory of Mrs Briggs has been launched using JustGiving.com. The money raised will go to the charity Winston's Wish, which supports children and young people after the death of a relative.


Must be a lie, cyclists don't kill pedestrians, just cause the odd scratch.