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Student cyclist dies in bus accident
A student cyclist has died after becoming trapped under a bus in central Preston.
Heavy lifting equipment and airbags had been used in an attempt to free the Chinese woman following the accident on Fylde Road early on Thursday afternoon.
However, Lancashire Police said that she died at the scene.
They were trying to ascertain the identity of the cyclist, though it is known she was a student at the University of Central Lancashire.
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Thursday 09 February 2012
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