Defensive bicycle riding is as important as defensive driving with an automobile. Any car door could be opened at any time. Keeping a good distance from such risks or passing at a low speed is only prudent.
Sad.
Car door opens, bicycle and bicyclist goes flying, and somehow the bikes handlebars ended up puncturing the bicyclist's jugular.
True.Sadly, in this case the victim was on a bike path when she was doored by the passenger of a van.