We have reached the bottom: SUV driver charged with murder after cyclists road rage death leaves French cycling community deeply shaken [Video]

United in grief and horror at the shocking events which unfurled on a cycle lane in their nation’s capital this week, France’s cycling community has called for an end to “road violence”, following the tragic death of a cyclist reportedly crushed by a SUV driver during a road rage altercation in Paris.

On Friday afternoon, a 52-year-old driver was charged with murder in relation to the shocking incident, which according to witnesses and the local police saw the motorist deliberately drive over 27-year-old cyclist Paul Varry, crushing him to death, after the cyclist had banged on his Mercedes SUV when the driver had veered into an unprotected cycle lane, driving over the rider’s foot.

The sickening road rage attack has been condemned by cyclists and politicians across Paris and France, with one French cyclist telling road.cc that the “unprecedented” incident has left the nation’s cycling community “deeply shaken”, saying “this …