Brit tourist, 24, died after losing control of mountain bike and crashing into a taxi on Turkey holiday
Rosalind Fuller, 24, was thrown 10 metres from her mountain bike just yards from her hotel
AN adventurous holidaymaker died when she was thrown 10 metres from her mountain bike after colliding with a taxi.
Rosalind Fuller, 24, lost control when she skidded on wet ground while riding down a steep hill in Kas, Turkey.
She was experiencing a 38km mountain trek when tragedy struck. She was just 200 yards from her hotel.
An inquest this week heard that Ms Fuller died from multiple injuries at Kas General Hospital.
Three people who were with the telecoms engineer from Gravesend, Kent, when she was killed gave evidence at the hearing.
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Holidaymaker, Brian Millican, said: “I heard the rep shout to her to slow down I turned and round and saw her picking up speed.
“I couldn’t tell the speed but I knew she had just gone past the junction for our hotel, I then realised she was not going to stop and the taxi came.
“She was thrown from the bike.”
Father and son, Kevin and George Tye, also gave evidence at the hearing.
Kevin Tye said their tour guide, Mr Arican, had given them a safety briefing before they descended the steep hill.
He said: “Each time we stopped we got a safety briefing about the next section.
“He told us he was going to lead us down now because we were going back into the town.
“It was a very steep (the hill). Even walking down it would have been a problem.
“When she set off, I though
t she was in control, like a flash style, then I realised she didn’t have control and she had problems, she was picking up speed.
“Then the taxi came, she wasn’t just thrown she was spinning.”
His son George added: “I told her I was not going to go down it (the hill), but she said it would be fine.
“She was standing up on the bike with the breaks on but her wheels were not moving, she was just skidding.”
Miss Fuller was said to have told other holiday adventurers that she was considering not taking part in the all day mountain trek because of her inexperience.
But she changed her mind at joined the group of six and their tour guide Muharrem Arican on October 23, 2015.
The excursion was cut short by Mr African, three hours into the trip, when heavy rain battered the area.
The group had just reached their last checkpoint to wait for slow riders when Miss Fuller made her way down the hill.
Witnesses say they saw the 24-year-old desperately use her breaks to slow down, but the bike skidded down the road - forcing her to miss her turning.
She hit the taxi at the busy junction close to where she was staying at the Oreo Hotel.
Coroner Mrs Harding concluded that Miss Fuller died after colliding with a vehicle on a wet and slippery hill.
Turkish police called it a "dangerous incline".
She got bored quickly and loved her holidays. She wasn’t afraid to go and do these things, but she was always very safe.
Margaret Fuller
Miss Fuller's parents Margaret and Les, and her brother Alex attended the inquest this week.
Mrs Fuller previously paid tribute to her "adventurous but sensible" daughter who "would always do the right things".
Mrs Fuller told : “She got bored quickly and loved her holidays.
"She wasn’t afraid to go and do these things, but she was always very safe."
Coroner Mrs Harding said: “She was the first of the group to set off and it was immediately apparent (to others) she was in difficulty.
“I am satisfied it was not because of break failure rather than poor road conditions.
This is a very, very sad case. It is a tragic death.
Mrs Harding
“She was unable to stop and collided with a taxi and was thrown about 10 or 11 metres and landed in the road.
“She died in Kas General Hospital from the injuries she sustained. She had been unable to stop in the poor weather conditions.
“This is a very, very sad case. It is a tragic death, but nothing about the circumstances that gives cause for concern of the risk of future deaths (on such excursions)."
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