Family and friends honour 'beloved' cyclist who died in Glasgow crash

We previously reported that 22-year-old Emma Newman, from Paris, passed away after an accident at Broomielaw on the morning of Friday, January 27. 

Today, her loved ones paid tribute by holding a memorial vigil.

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They revealed that Emma, who was a second-year architecture student and worked as a designer at an architecture practice, had been living in the UK since 2017.

She was a French and American national.

Emma, who was described as a "passionate cyclist", loved wild swimming, ceilidh-dancing, hiking, and ratatouille. 

A photo of Emma was attached to a white ghost bike, which was secured to a lamppost near the scene of the fatal collision. 

Ghost bikes are bicycle roadside memorials, placed where a cyclist has been killed.

Loved ones lay bunches of flowers before holding a minute of silence for Emma. 

A notice read: "We are here to honour our beloved friend and daughter Emma Burke Newman, who died one week ago at 10.10am on Friday, January 27, 2023. 

"She was cycling to the Glasgow School of Art when there was a collision with a lorry at this intersection. 

"Police are still appealing for witnesses. If you have any information about the incident or have any footage, please contact Police Scotland on 101 and quote incident number 0917 of Friday, January 27."

A tribute attached to the wheel of the ghost bike read: "Lovely Emma, I will be forever grateful for our time together. You were so special to me. Thank you for being a beautiful friend."

The note, from Abby, went on to say "I miss you a lot" in French. 

Earlier this week, we reported that Glasgow councillors expressed their condolences to Emma's family.

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During a meeting of the environment and liveable neighbourhoods committee to discuss the roll-out of 20mph speed limits, Green Councillor Jon Molyneux was the first to pay tribute to the student.

He said: “I am pleased to see the paper progressing but I did want to make some comments about my constituent Emma Newman, who members may be aware was a Glasgow School of Art student who was killed while cycling to her class on Friday.

“I do think it is important to convey our sincere condolences to her family who are here from France at the moment. 

“Regardless of the circumstances of that incident, I think it is important that we keep in mind the liveable neighbourhoods aspect [of this paper]. 

“What this committee does is about protecting and saving lives and that is the motivation for making sure that when we implement policies like this that we are getting them right and making them as effective as they possibly can be.”