Cyclist killed in Dupont and Christie crash had right of way: police
Posted July 5, 2016 2:14 pm.
Last Updated July 6, 2016 8:23 am.
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Toronto police say the 71-year-old cyclist killed after colliding with a parked vehicle near Dupont and Christie streets on Tuesday had the right of way.
Const. Clint Stibbe had originally reported the cyclist was splitting the lane between parked cars and the vehicles that were in the left lane when he tried to dodge what he thought was going to be a crash, riding straight into the back of a parked minivan.
“The bicycle was actually splitting the lane between the parked cars and the vehicles that were in the left lane,” Stibbe said on Tuesday.
“The cyclist was travelling at a high rate of speed, so that would jive with the amount of injury that individual suffered. If this was a low-speed collision, that likely wouldn’t have occurred. Damage to the cycling equipment that he had on was quite severe.”
Stibbe now said other factors contributed to the crash.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, killing the 71-year-old cyclist.
The cyclist, who had been wearing a helmet, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and pronounced dead soon after.
Stibbe said he’s the first cyclist to die in a crash this year.
