It’s the worst nightmare of every mother whose child travels overseas.
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An inquest will begin today into the death of a Danish student killed while cycling at a notorious Brisbane intersection.
He recalled shielding his wife from the gruesome scene that unfolded, as Ms Meyer was hit by the front of the truck and her body then went under the wheels on the passenger side, unbeknown to the truck driver.
Mr Ablitt said he noticed Ms Meyer stopped beside the truck in the middle of Annerley Road because he thought it unusual she was so close to the heavy vehicle.
In Brisbane for Rebekka’s inquest, a heartbroken Ms Liemann said no family should ever have to go through what she did.
“I do believe he saw her and he forgot”.
A keen cyclist who, according to her mother, had “a lot of respect” for Brisbane traffic, she had taken to dragging her bike through the city’s busy intersections.
Ms Meyer had been in Australia on a scholarship, studying at the University of Queensland.
22-year-old Rebekka Meyer died in September 2014 when she was hit by a truck while cycling at the intersection of Annerley Road and Stanley Street in South Brisbane.
Mr Jeffrey said he looked in his mirror and noticed something “shoot out the back” of his truck but it wasn’t until he pulled over and a distressed witness approached him that he realised what had happened.
She speculated the truck driver may have been distracted or didn’t see her sister.
Investigating officer Senior Constable David Armitage confirmed that Mr Jeffrey wasn’t charged because of the doubt.
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The inquest heard emotional statements from Ms Meyer’s sister Tania Liemann and her mother Mikala Liemann who said Ms Meyer had a “bright and happy mind” and was “very much loved”.
