Charity cyclist dies in road accident in Telford

A charity cyclist has died in road accident while on a trip from John O’ Groats to Land’s End.

Arthur Platt, 37, from Lyndhurst, Hampshire, died in hospital on Tuesday after his bicycle crashed into a car on the A442 in Telford, Shropshire.

The leisure centre shift manager was raising money for soldiers’ charity Help for Heroes.

Read the full news article on the BBC news website:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/birmingham/10575410.stm.

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