hit by a truck<\/a>\u00a0in the central suburb of Parnell.<\/p>\nSt John responded just after 2pm and sent two ambulances and a rapid response vehicle to the scene on The Strand.<\/p>\n
The man was taken to hospital in a critical condition but later died.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a cyclist was left with life threatening injuries after crashing into a stationary vehicle on Chivalry Road in Glenfield on Thursday.<\/p>\n
‘Enormous consequences’<\/h3>\n
AA road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen said crashes happening in quick succession were a reminder of how dangerous the roads could be.<\/p>\n
“One moment of things going wrong, one moment of somebody making a mistake, can have enormous consequences,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We need to approach being out on the roads with a lot more care and focus than we often do in New Zealand sadly.”<\/p>\n
Thomsen said drivers needed to be hyper alert and watchful on the road.<\/p>\n
“Drivers need to be looking out for pedestrians, for cyclists, for other vehicles that are around them,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There is huge responsibility for every driver, when we’re out on the roads, to be looking and aware of anybody that is around their vehicle.”<\/p>\n
He said crash statistics over recent years have shown the summer months to have the highest risk on the road.<\/p>\n
“People often think of winter of being the time that actually there’s more risk, but no, it’s summer, when we tend to see a higher number of crashes.<\/p>\n
“Part of that is because there’s just a lot more people and traffic out on the roads at these times.”<\/p>\n
Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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