None of the articles I could find specified whether or not they were wearing helmets. But really, it wouldn’t have made a difference. They were hit by a car head-on traveling above the speed limit; fast enough that the driver was injured, too. Helmet or no helmet, is irrelevant at that point.
Here is an article on what happened, if anyone reading hasn’t heard about this.
What can you do to save your life when you are on a bicycle and about to get hit by a car? Should you stay on the bike? Jump off randomly? Would it be better to get rolled over than hit by the cars body? Maybe you could jump off and lay flat?
Allegedly, @CaptainHarley. Innocent until proven guilty, etc.
Forget cyclists wearing helmets. The single greatest improvement we could make to road safety would be to install a metal spike in the centre of the steering wheel, pointing directly at the driver’s heart.
The fact that he’s a Moroccan is nothing more then a bigoted fact inserted to raise raciest passions!
The only pertinent fact is that he was driving under the influence.
END OF STORY!