Hundreds cycled to the scene of the accident in memory of Anita Z

Udo Feyerl expected 50 participants, but in the end it turned out to be more than 200. Some estimate that as many as 300 cyclists gathered on Linz’s main square on Saturday to cycle to Engerwitzdorf together. To be more precise, to the spot where Anita Z. was overlooked and killed by a truck driver on March 8th.

Killed on the way home

As reported, the 39-year-old woman from Gallneukirch was cycling home from her work in Linz when the accident happened at the intersection of the B125 and Katsdorfer Straße. The excellent racing cyclist was active in the “RC ASKÖ SK VÖEST” cycling club, but far more than her friends and colleagues gathered at the intersection where the accident occurred. “A lot of other clubs came, I didn’t even know many people,” says Feyerl, section head of the cycling club and organizer of the commemorative trip. It was important for the club to set this sign. Anita Z. was remembered at the accident site and a candle was lit. The bike lobby has set up a “ghost bike”, a white-painted “mahnrad” that commemorates cyclists who died in an accident.

A call for donations for the six-year-old daughter of the deceased brought in around 8,500 euros during the trip and on the Internet.