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Sadiq Khan offers unreserved apology to woman whose fiancé was killed crossing road

2025-03-25 15 Dailymotion

Sir Sadiq Khan has issued an unreserved apology to a grieving woman whose fiancé was killed in a road crash as he walked home.The London mayor said the response from Transport for London was “unacceptable” and spoke with the woman privately after she raised her concerns at a public meeting.The 34-year-old woman, who has asked only to be known as Abbey, told The Standard she was grateful for the mayor’s intervention as she told of the devastating impact of her fiancé’s death.She also spoke of her determination to improve road safety and the way that public authorities deal with victims of road crime. She appealed for any witnesses to the collision, which happened in the early hours of May 12 last year in Tottenham, to contact the police.The collision happened at about 1am on The Roundway, N17, near Lordship Lane and the junction with Risley Avenue.