Family of cyclist found mortally injured near roundabout still seeking answers [Video]

Nearly two months after losing her father, Janessa Mann still has no answers about the circumstances of his death — but the ordeal has made her passionate about cycling safety.

On Sept. 26, Karl Mann, 65, was injured while riding his bicycle near Ottawa’s Bridlewood neighbourhood in the city’s west end. Emergency crews found him around 5:15 p.m. near the roundabout where Old Richmond Road meets Hope Side Road.

According to Ottawa police, Mann was hurt “under unknown circumstances.” Paramedics transported him to the Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital where his family stayed by his bedside. 

For his daughter, it was déjà vu: Ten years earlier, the family had rushed to the ER after Mann was hospitalized by a stroke.

“At that point, we had gotten a miracle,” Janessa Mann said. “They got the clot out of his brain right away and he recovered to a point where you couldn’t see any brain …