Kate Cairns said woman used her sister’s name to oppose scheme that ‘would have saved her life’The family of a woman killed cycling in London say they have identified the woman they accused of pretending to be the victim’s relative in order to oppose new protected cycle lanes in London. Eilidh Cairns, a 30-year-old TV producer from Alnwick in Northumberland, was killed by a tipper truck in Notting Hill in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2009. After the Guardian published extracts of the letter, the family managed to track down the woman. She is a non-blood, distant relative they insist they have never met and whom Eilidh would not have known either. Kate Cairns, Eilidh’s sister, a road safety campaigner and an advisor on managing road safety risk, said the woman mispronounced Eilidh’s name.

Source: The Guardian June 27, 2019 18:00 UTC