Mockridge making an honor lap after winning the Grand Prix de Paris.Russell Mockridge, Australia's greatest allround cyclist, was killed instantly today in his wife's sight.A motor bus ran over him in a race crash at North Clayton.His wife, Irene, and their daughter, aged two, were following the race.A wheel of the bus passed over Mockridge's head.Mrs. Mockridge leapt from a car, screaming, as she saw her husband lying on the road. August 11, 1952. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.).
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