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| Family calls for Bow death crash cyclist to 'do the right thing' | Family calls for Bow death crash cyclist to 'do the right thing' |
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| The family of a man who died after he was knocked down by a bike in east London have pleaded for the cyclist to contact police. | The family of a man who died after he was knocked down by a bike in east London have pleaded for the cyclist to contact police. |
| Peter McCombie, 72, suffered serious head injuries when he was struck on Bow Road in Tower Hamlets on 3 July and died eight days later in hospital. | Peter McCombie, 72, suffered serious head injuries when he was struck on Bow Road in Tower Hamlets on 3 July and died eight days later in hospital. |
| The cyclist fled after the crash then abandoned his bike and ran away, according to the Met Police. | The cyclist fled after the crash then abandoned his bike and ran away, according to the Met Police. |
| Mr McCombie's sister Christine called on him to "do the right thing". | |
| "It is incredibly difficult to process his death especially in these circumstances when we know that the person involved has not come forward," she said. | "It is incredibly difficult to process his death especially in these circumstances when we know that the person involved has not come forward," she said. |
| In a personal appeal to the cyclist she added: "In our position I know you would want the same." | In a personal appeal to the cyclist she added: "In our position I know you would want the same." |
| Police have released images of a man they are searching for as part of the investigation. | Police have released images of a man they are searching for as part of the investigation. |
| Det Insp Julie Trodden called for the cyclist involved to turn himself in "to provide answers to the victim's family who are grieving the tragic loss of a loved one". | Det Insp Julie Trodden called for the cyclist involved to turn himself in "to provide answers to the victim's family who are grieving the tragic loss of a loved one". |
| She added the bicycle involved in the "incredibly tragic incident" had not yet been found and appealed for anybody with information about it or the cyclist to come forward. |