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The Dana Laird crashOn July 2, 2002, cyclist Dana Laird was riding in a bicycle lane on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA when a car door opened in front of her. She swerved in an attempt to avoid the opened door, apparently struck the door, fell under a passing transit bus and was killed. Here is a table of contents for information about the crash, its coverage in the media, and car door crashes in general. About the Dana Laird fatality: what happened and what lessons it holds.
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