Estela Domínguez: the Spanish teenage bicycle owner dies after being hit by a truck throughout coaching

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The teenage bicycle owner Estela Domínguez has died after being hit by a truck whereas coaching, the Royal Spanish Biking Federation (RFEC) reported in a press release on Friday.

The accident occurred on a freeway within the Spanish metropolis of Salamanca, in line with the assertion.

Domínguez, solely 19 years previous, was described by the RFEC as “one of the promising nationwide cyclists”.

“From the RFEC we deeply remorse the dying of Estela Domínguez and we need to lengthen our most honest condolences to her household and colleagues,” added the RFEC. “All Spanish biking is in mourning.”

In line with the RFEC, Domínguez certified second within the junior class within the 2022 Spanish Ladies’s Cup and had ridden with the Spanish crew within the Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie within the Nations Cup.

Her Sopela racing crew, which Domínguez had joined at the start of 2023, mentioned in a press release: “It’s with immense ache that we discovered the information that Estela Domínguez died this afternoon in an accident whereas coaching.

“We’re nonetheless unable to course of the extremely tough lack of our rider. We’re with the household in these horrible moments. Relaxation in peace.”

CNN has contacted native police in Salamanca for remark.

Alejandro Valverde, winner of the Vuelta a España 2009, revealed his condolences on social networks.

“There are not any phrases that assist one thing like this,” he wrote on Twitter.

“All my like to the household and associates of Estela Domínguez and particularly to her father with whom I shared a campus in my early years. RIP.”

Dominguez’s father was Juan Carlos Dominguez, in line with Reuters, who received a stage of the Giro d’Italia.