Tributes to newlywed cyclist, 30, killed in hit-and-run while riding home from night shift

A NEWLYWED was killed in a hit-and-run after her bike was "sliced in two" by a car as she cycled home from work.

Anita Szucs, 30, suffered critical injuries when she was struck down at roughly 1.45am in Enfield, London, yesterday.

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Cops were hunting for the driver of a small white car who left the crash victim lying in the road,

Mrs Szucs, who had recently moved to the capital from Hungary, was returning home from a late shift in Edmunton when she was knocked off her bike.

It is the first reported case of a cyclist to die on London's roads this year.

Mrs Szucs married Tamas Mezo, a porter at an exclusive hotel in Knightsbridge, in March 2016.

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One of her colleagues told the Evening Standard: "I’ve never met anyone so positive, she always had a smile on her face. Everyone knew her at work, we’re all feeling shocked and numb.

"She had just got married in the summer. They saved up for a honeymoon in Japan. She was only 30.

"I can’t get my head around the fact she was just left in the road. What was the driver thinking leaving the scene?"

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Cops have said they believe the car would have been heavily damaged in the collision and would likely have a broken windscreen and dents to its bonnet.

Neighbours have told how they were woken by the sound of the crash in the early hours of yesterday.

John Laoutaris, 66, a retired clothing trader, said: “I heard a bang and a scraping noise. We looked out the window and saw her lying there.

“I would have liked to have gone down myself but I can’t walk very well. It’s very sad. There were a lot of forensics.”

Mrs Szucs' next of kin have been informed and a post mortem is due to take place.

Last year 10 cyclists were killed on London's roads.

Italian prince Filippino Corsini was knocked down by a truck in Knightsbridge.

Lucia Ciccioli was killed while cycling to her new job at a restaurant in London.