Sydney Rd car-dooring victim Alberto Paulon warned fiancee of traffic danger moments before death

THE fiancee of a cyclist killed in a dooring incident in Sydney Rd said he warned her about the traffic seconds before his death.

THE fiancee of a cyclist who was killed in a dooring incident in Sydney Rd said he warned her about the traffic seconds before his death.

Cristina Canedda, 23, told the 7.30 Report she was riding in front of Alberto Paulon on February 27 when the accident happened.

“We just started to ride and Albi told me, ‘watch out, a truck’. And then I heard a terrible noise,” she said.

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Mr Paulon was riding his bike along Sydney Rd, Brunswick, when a person opened their car door. He fell into the path of an oncoming truck.

“He was lying on the street, in the middle of the street. And he was just lying there like he was unconscious,” Ms Canneda said.

“He was looking at me and I was just screaming, ‘Albi no, please no’. And then everyone came to help us.”

A police van was two cars behind the truck and police officers began administering CPR within a minute of the crash.

Speaking at a remembrance vigil for her Italian fiance, Ms Canedda said she hoped things would change.

“Remember what we are here for,” she said.

“Remember riders we have lost to car dooring.

“I want to make sure that something is going to change. I cannot think that this can happen again.”