A bicycle owner has died after they have been hit by a truck in Adelaide's northern suburbs early this morning.
Concrete development staff have been on their approach to an early morning job when simply earlier than 5.30am when their truck collided with the bicycle owner on Kings Street in Salisbury Downs.
When emergency crews arrived on the scene of the crash, they have been unable to save lots of the 51-year-old rider.
"Dropping anybody is a extremely onerous factor, particularly in a tragic accident like this," one native man mentioned.
The truck driver – a 60-year-old man – and his passenger jumped out to assist the bicycle owner after making a name to their colleagues, certainly one of which was the motive force's son, telling them what had occurred.
The motive force's son instructed 9News his dad was in shock and mentioned he hasn't seen the bicycle owner attempting to cross the median strip on Kings Rd at midnight and moist situations.
The motive force was taken to hospital for medical examination.
Cops additionally spoke to the passenger within the truck and a safety guard who's believed to have witnessed the crash.
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens mentioned the crash precipitated highway closures because the Main Crash unit investigated.
The stretch of highway between Major North Street and Horrie Millier Avenue was closed for a number of hours as officers mapped out the scene and combed over the truck.
Police are urging anybody with data to come back ahead.