a manhole cover.

When counsel assisting the coroner Anthony Marinac asked Mr Jeffery to describe what he saw after that, the driver became emotional and struggled to speak.

After prompting he told the coroner: "I [saw] something come out the back of the trailer... and I just thought, what was that?"

He said he stopped the truck and a man told him he had hit a cyclist.

Danish cyclist's family learnt of death in Brisbane 'via media'

The inquest heard emotional statements from Ms Meyer's sister Tania Lousdal Jensen and her mother Mikala Liemann who said Ms Meyer had a "bright and happy mind" and was "very much loved".

Ms Meyer had borrowed a bicycle to get around Brisbane while she was studying at the University of Queensland, where she had a scholarship, theinquest was told.

It has also been revealed that Ms Meyer's parents found out about her death via a news website that showed photos of her belongings spread across the road.

"I could recognise her things, spread all over the intersection," her mother said.

"I saw a body covered with a white blanket and rescue workers washing the street."

Ms Meyer's sister told the inquest she was an experienced and careful rider and grew up in a family where biking was a part of life.

"We learnt to move among traffic, how to signal, where to put ourselves on a busy road," Ms Jensen said.

"We experienced the sting of fear when a fast car or a big truck passed close by our side."