Morgane Rolland was killed while on a bike ride in central France. (Instagram)
A 22-year-old Miss France hopeful was killed by a tractor-trailer while on a bike ride in central France last week.
Morgane Rolland was riding her bike with a friend on a small country road in Loire when she swerved to avoid a car and hit a tractor-trailer coming in the opposite direction.
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"The bike got stuck on the notch of the trailer, and the cyclist passed under it," a local report said.She was airlifted to the hospital and declared dead upon arrival.
Rolland was runner-up in the 2017 Miss Loire contest and was about to compete in another competition that would send her to compete for Miss France had she won. She was also a volunteer firefighter in her small town.
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“When fate steals the life of a young woman of 22 years, we can only be shaken by the tragedy,” the national director of the Miss France organization wrote on Instagram. “Have a good voyage to the land of angels, beautiful Morgane!”
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