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BEN WAY
March 27, 2007

A CYCLIST was last night in a serious condition in hospital after he was hit by a car near Mt Lofty Summit.

It is believed the victim, aged in his 30s, was riding down Summit Rd about 7.30pm when a Nissan Silvia travelling uphill crossed both lanes and knocked him “metres into the air” before the car
came to rest against a tree.

A friend who was riding less than a metre behind him at the time said he thought the cyclist had been killed.

“It was so quick and all I remember is seeing him get hit and then flying over the top of me,” he said.

“By the time I stopped and looked around the car had hit the tree and stopped and he was just lying there.” The driver, who did not want to be named, said he “became confused” when he saw the bike lights coming towards him and slammed on the brakes.

“The brakes locked up and the car just kept going straight on,”he said. “It wasn’t until my girlfriend said something that I realised I’d hit a cyclist.

“I’ve never driven on this road before, so I was trying to be cautious but just got disorientated by the lights.”

Police have pleaded with road users to be wary following the death of a cyclist at Truro on Sunday - the fourth road cycling death this year.

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