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Cheistha Kochhar: Family and friends mourn ‘brilliant and brave’ Indian student killed by bin lorry in UK

Source: Met Police/Independent

An Indian PhD student, who was killed in a collision in central London while out cycling with her husband, has been remembered by her friends and family as "the kindest person in the room".

Cheistha Kochhar, 33, was cycling back to her house from the London School of Economics (LSE) when she collided with a garbage lorry on Clerkenwell Road, near the junction with Farringdon Road, on 19 March.

Kochhar's husband was cycling a few metres ahead of his wife when he heard a loud noise and rushed to.

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