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Tributes paid to academic who was knocked off his bike by driver trying to outrun police

A HIGH-respected academic died while out cycling after being ploughed into by a driver trying outrun police. Dr Andrew Platten, 55, died at the scene of the crash in Bingley, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday. He was knocked from his bike by a silver Vauxhall Vectra shortly before 7.35pm, after the driver had sped from police officers...