Downing Street scientist Susannah Boddie dies after being thrown from her bike near Lake Garda.
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A scientist who helped advise the government during the pandemic has died in a cycling crash in Italy.Ms Boddie, of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, was fatally injured when she was thrown from her bike near Lake Garda on Saturday. A Downing Street spokesperson described her as "a loved and admired colleague and friend to those at number 10"."Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time," they added.
Ms Boddie died after being thrown from her bike as she descended a steep downhill trail on a woodland path on the Brescia side of Lake Garda,In a statement, Ms Boddie's family said she had "crammed more into her life than you would have thought possible"."She was the loveliest, kindest person who always inspired and cared for others and was adored by all her many friends.
Ms Boddie was a Cambridge University graduate who gained a degree in pharmacology and also had a masters degree in systems biology, according to her LinkedIn account.Follow BBC South on
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