First photos of women killed within 24 hours

THE grieving families and friends of two women cyclists killed on London's roads called on the Government today to do more to make the roads safer.

The two women were crushed in similar but separate accidents within 24 hours of each other last week.

Meryem Ozekman, 37, a fitness instructor from Southwark, was crushed by a lorry last Wednesday on the notorious Elephant and Castle roundabout.

Less than 24 hours later, 29-year-old architect Rebecca Goosen was crushed to death by a 32-tonne cement mixer when turning left into Goswell Road from Old Street, in Clerkenwell.

The deaths came as Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled plans to allow cyclists to go through red traffic lights legally when turning left. But today Mrs Ozekman's devastated family said the new measure was too little, too late.

Grieving colleagues at the architectural firm where Ms Goosen worked said the company was planning a campaign for road safety for cyclists.

'She often said that roundabout wasn't safe'

MERYEM OZEKMAN was a cycling enthusiast who had complained for 10 years about the roundabout on which she was killed last week.

Her devastated family spoke today about how Mrs Ozekman often said the roads around the Elephant and Castle roundabout were not safe enough for cyclists.

The 37-year-old, from Southwark, who ran aerobic classes at Fusion leisure centres in Peckham, Dulwich and Elephant and Castle, became trapped between railings and a truck as she turned a corner on the roundabout last week.

An air ambulance helicopter attended but paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.Her husband, Erbay, a 42-year-old gym instructor, told the Standard today that his wife refused to drive to work because it was harmful to the environment. He accused the Government of "not caring about cyclists".

He said: "For 10 years she had been complaining about that roundabout. She had two or three near-misses there in the past.

"I always tried to convince her to let me drive her to work but she wouldn't let me. She wouldn't have stopped cycling for anything. She didn't like taking cars because she said it hurt the environment.

"The fact is this Government does not care about cyclists. They have spoken about changing the roundabout for years but they just don't want to spend any money."

Her 18-year-old daughter Neslihan said: "My mum was beautiful and was my rock. She will never be forgotten."

Mr Ozekman said the family were struggling to cope. He said: "My daughter goes to the scene every day with flowers. I haven't slept for four days and my youngest daughter, Gulgun, wakes up screaming in the night. All I can hope for is that what happened to my wife prevents other people from dying. Something has to be done quickly to stop this kind of thing happening again and again."

Architect who dreamed of living in London

REBECCA GOOSEN, who was crushed to death by a cement mixer lorry while cycling to work, had always dreamed of living in London, a close friend revealed.

The architect was half a mile from her office when she was struck by a 32-tonne truck in the City.

Paramedics and firefighters tried to save the 29-year-old, but she was pronounced dead at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

The German national arrived in London from her home in a small village outside Hamburg in 2007.

She secured a position at Metropolitan Workshop, whose office is close to the scene of the accident, and helped to plan social housing projects in Dublin. Cristina Schoenborn, 30, who shared a home with Ms Goosen in Bethnal Green, said: "It was her dream to live in London. We are all shocked and devastated. I am missing her terribly."

Her family in Germany and boyfriend in Dublin were said to be "devastated" by her death.

Dilek Kocak, 34, manager at a nearby Costa Coffee, tried to help Ms Goosen as she lay trapped.

She said: "She was trying to talk but I couldn't really hear her. I felt really helpless. I am a nurse, and there was an off-duty doctor on the scene, but we had no equipment.

"The lorry had a warning sound saying 'turning left, turning left' that was still going off. But maybe she didn't hear it - it's so noisy here."

Mark Cox, 30, manager of Nusa Kitchen in Old Street, said: "There are lots of accidents here. Two weeks ago a motorcycle and a car collided as the car turned left and the bike went straight."

Ms Kocak added: "This is the most dangerous junction in London. I have been here two years and I have seen or heard of something every other week."

Police investigasting the crash have arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.