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Driver pleads not guilty over crash that killed two Canberra cyclists

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Frost, H. (2026, October 20). Driver pleads not guilty over crash that killed two Canberra cyclists. ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-20/driver-pleads-not-guilty-to-crash-that-killed-canberra-cyclists/107286104

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Thi Phuong Ngoc Nguyen, aged 40, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court after being charged with a crash on Gungahlin Drive in Canberra that resulted in the deaths of cyclists Bridie Lee and Ryan Riethmuller. Nguyen has pleaded not guilty to two charges of culpable driving causing death and one charge of negligent driving occasioning actual bodily harm. The case is scheduled to return to court in January 2027.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-20, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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On October 20, 2026, Thi Phuong Ngoc Nguyen, a 40-year-old driver, pleaded not guilty at the ACT Magistrates Court in Canberra for a crash that killed two cyclists, Bridie Lee and Ryan Riethmuller, on Gungahlin Drive. Nguyen faces two counts of culpable driving causing death and one count of negligent driving occasioning actual bodily harm. The case is scheduled to return to court in January 2027.

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Who wrote this

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Canberra the ACT Magistrates Court

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Canberra GPE · 2× Bridie Lee PERSON · 1× Ryan Riethmuller PERSON · 1× Thi Phuong Ngoc Nguyen PERSON · 1× the ACT Magistrates Court ORG · 1×

Narrative

Driver pleads not guilty over crash that killed two cyclists on Canberra's Gungahlin Drive In short: Thi Phuong Ngoc Nguyen, 40, was summonsed to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court today over a crash on Canberra's Gunghalin Drive that killed cyclists Bridie Lee and Ryan Riethmuller.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-20

2026-10-20 · ABC News (AU)

Driver pleads not guilty over crash that killed two Canberra cyclists · assertive framing

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that → plead → cyclists

She has pleaded not guilty to two counts of culpable driving causing death and one count of negligent driving occasioning actual bodily harm. asserted

She → plead → harm

The case is due to return to court in January 2027. asserted

case → return → January