NSW: Hit and run rider may have been struck by truck: police

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2007
NSW: Hit and run rider may have been struck by truck: police

SYDNEY, Dec 2 AAP - Police now believe a male cyclist killed in a hit and run accident
in Sydney's southwest may have been struck by a truck.

Police today renewed calls for witnesses to the accident at the intersection of Wattle
St and Highclere Avenue in Punchbowl at 7.45am (AEDT) yesterday.

Speaking to reporters today, Acting Senior Sergeant John Kelly from the Metropolitan
Crash Investigations Unit said the still unidentified cyclist may have been hit by a truck.

"At this stage of our inquiries, we believe the bicyclist might have been hit by a
medium to large sized truck," he said.

"We have no other description of this vehicle."

He said police were still hoping to speak to the occupants of a blue Mazda sedan seen
in the nearby area shortly after the crash.

The dead man has been described as of Mediterranean/Middle Eastern appearance, approximately
30 years-old, with short black hair.

He was wearing blue jeans and chequered shirt, and was riding a blue bike.

Police have appealed for anyone who saw the incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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