Person    | Female  Born 4/10/1992  Died 5/7/2013

Philippine Marthe Anne Marie de Gérin-Ricard

Categories: Cyclist, Tragedy

Countries: France

Philippine de Gérin-Ricard was born on 4 October 1992 in Nimes, Gard, France. She was the sixth of the seven children of her parents, Pierre Christian Marie de Gérin-Ricard (b.1954) and Anne Boudet du Mochet (b.1958). 

The first 'Boris bike' fatality, she was killed in a collision with a lorry in the Friday evening rush-hour on 5 July 2013 while riding a Barclays hire bike (now Santander) on Cycleway 2. Aged 20 years, she was a student who, to improve her English, was doing work experience at Marks and Spencer.

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