How dangerous it is for a

cyclist to

travel on the road was revealed again last Saturday in Chía, Colombia.

A man who was circulating on a bridge with his bicycle was

hit by a truck

that, apparently and according to the images, did not stop to help the victim and continued on his way.

The athlete ended up falling into the void and dying on the spot.

"It's that easy they end a person's life. How sad and helpless I feel when I see this," Colombian cyclist

Egan Arley Bernal

, champion of the last edition of the Tour de France with the

Ineos

team

,

wrote on Twitter

, where he shared the video of the fatal run over.

"It happened yesterday in Chia, very close to where I live. I hope there is justice. My solidarity with his family," wrote Egan Arley calling for justice to be done.

In the video you can see how the truck follows its path without leaving the cyclist and ends up running over him.

The driver changed lanes only after the accident and at no time did he get out of the vehicle to help the athlete, who was taken to the La Sabana Clinic in Bogotá.

There, according to the Traffic Police, his death was confirmed.

The truck driver was detained in Sopó, a municipality near the scene, but was released as he was not found at the scene, according to the local newspaper

El Tiempo

.

Some of the reactions in networks have lamented the fact and have warned of how dangerous it is for a cyclist to circulate on any road.

"There are more and more people doing this sport, you have to be much more vigilant," said a netizen on Twitter.

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