Overview
- The victim, named locally as Johnny Santos Xavier De Abreu, was riding an electric bike to an English lesson when a cement truck struck him at Middle Abbey Street and O’Connell Street on Wednesday.
- The 27-year-old from São Vicente in São Paulo had been in Ireland for less than a month to study and work.
- Gardaí launched an investigation and asked witnesses from the city centre junction before or just after 1 pm to contact them.
- Friends set up an online fundraiser to repatriate his body to Brazil because international transport is costly, and his sister said bureaucracy is making it harder.
- Dublin Lord Mayor Ray McAdam offered condolences and said the death shows the need to keep improving road safety for people who cycle.