Cyclist killed in Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway crash

By CBC News Ottawa, December 7, 2018

RCMP have identified the cyclist killed in a crash on the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway as Junfeng Wu of Ottawa.

Wu, 40, died when he was struck by a Capital Taxi van at the the intersection at Onigam Street, which stretches from the parkway to nearby Lemieux Island on the Ottawa River, around 6:45 a.m. Friday.

There was extensive damage to the vehicle's front driver side.

(...)"From early indications from witnesses, the cyclist was travelling in the east quadrant of the intersection northbound across Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway," said Cpl. John Graziano with RCMP traffic services.

He said the taxi was travelling westbound on parkway. RCMP aren't indicating who was at fault in the collision, or if charges will be laid.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cyclist-dies-struck-sir-jam-taxi-1.4936264

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