22-year-old Emma Newman passed away after a lorry crashed into her bicycle at the King George Bridge
The parents of a student who died after a lorry crashed into her bicycle on a busy Glasgow road are calling for major changes to make roads safer.
Sharing a statement on the Pedal on Parliament website, they said: "The symbolism is terribly searing. A young woman cyclist, 22 years old, on the cusp of adulthood, has carved out her path in life – devoted to making cities safer and more beautiful for all – but is crushed at the south entrance to the city centre of Glasgow.
Pedal on Parliament is holding a "no backpedalling" event urging the Scottish Government to maintain its commitment to making Scotland a cycle-friendly country. Campaigners will begin at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh before riding and marching to the Scottish Parliament. Emma's parents are calling for improvements to the infrastructure of roads, and for dangerous hotspots to be rectified and made safer as well as improved safety standards for HGVs. They added that they are "heartened" by the response of Glasgow politicians to the city's recent fatal crashes but said HGVs and buses were separate from cyclists, Emma "would be alive today".
Emma was studying at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and Rose and John said she had "already fallen in love" with Scotland.
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