Cyclist died under the wheels of a tipper truck after driver turning left failed to spot him

A cyclist died on the road after a truck driver failed to see him in his mirrors when he was turning left at a junction, a court heard.

Tristan Renshaw, 47, was driving a Volvo tipper truck which hit a bicycle ridden by 60-year-old Zinoviy Savuluak.

Mr Savuluak died at the scene of the collision at the junction of North End Road and Chareville Road in West Kensington on 15 December 2022.

CCTV footage showed the truck collided with the bike dragging the cyclist under the wheels before the truck came to a stop.

A witness said the truck did not stop until a man came out of a local shop and shouted that a person was under the wheels.

Members of the public rushed to help Mr Savuluak but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Renshaw denies causing death by careless driving.

Prosecutor Alexander Agbamu said: ‘On 15 December 2022 at around 3.15pm the defendant was driving a tipper truck along North End Road.

‘Mr Savuluak was also travelling along North End Road at the same time in the same direction, he was riding a bicycle.

Mr Agbamu told the jury: ’It was a collision which was captured on camera- I do warn you it’s upsetting- it’s a horrible thing you’re about to see- but it is necessary.’

He said: ’Mr Savuluak sustained catastrophic injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.’

An expert said the cyclist was in the view of the two rear side wing mirrors and a camera in the vehicle.

He also said the vehicles’ proximity indictor would have indicated red.

When Renshaw was interviewed by police he said he ‘clocked something in his wide angle mirror.’

‘He saw something moved and when he looked he saw something down there, “then I heard a man screaming”.

‘He said he wasn’t in a rush and he had indicated to turn left’.

Mr Agbamu said: ‘It was the defendant’s failure to check in his nearside for other road users that was a significant, if not the sole cause of the collision which resulted in Mr Savuluak sustaining fatal injuries.’

Renshaw, of Staines, Surrey, denies causing death by careless driving.

The trial continues and is set to last one week.