A cyclist in Australia has been killed after he crashed into a parked lorry during a race.
The fatal crash happened on Sunday morning in Kooragang, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales.
Sherrie Prossalentis, president of Hunter Valley Masters Cycling Club named the victim as Graham Job, aged 62.
In a statement posted to the club’s Facebook page, she said that breaking the news of his death was one of the most difficult announcements I have [had] to make.”
She expressed the club’s condolences to his family and friends, and passed on thanks to riders who tried to revive Mr Job.
She added: “It was a distressing scene for all of us today, if anyone requires some assistance with counselling services please let me know.”
Among the tributes paid to Mr Job on Facebook was one from Keith Harris, who said: “I’ve lost a mate .
He was a gentleman with a heart of gold.
“My condolences go out to his family and friends.
“Graham I will always remember you and the good times we shared.”
11 thoughts on “Cyclist killed in Australia after crashing into parked lorry during race”
“Cashing into a parked lorry”
“Cashing into a parked lorry”? Are you sure about that?
What did he cash in? ISA,
What did he cash in? ISA, Pension?
Rapha Nadal wrote:
A little bit of respect please, someone has died. Picking up on a typo and making jokes about it is insensitive.
What’s not clear from the story is whether the lorry was parked somewhere it shouldn’t have been, or the race was on open roads with usual traffic hazards.
Either way, RIP and condolences.
CygnusX1 wrote:
What did he cash in? ISA, Pension?
— CygnusX1 A little bit of respect please, someone has died. Picking up on a typo and making jokes about it is insensitive. What’s not clear from the story is whether the lorry was parked somewhere it shouldn’t have been, or the race was on open roads with usual traffic hazards. Either way, RIP and condolences.— Rapha Nadal
Agree re respect, however surely that also applies to the getting of the headline and article text correct/free of typos.
joules1975 wrote:
No it doesn’t, exploiting a typing error in the manner that RN did when someone has died is utterly uncalled for, that’s not remotely the same as the headline typing error which was not disresepctful, merely an error in spelling/missed key strike, not even close to being the same as you infer.
Rapha Nadal wrote:
A new low, even for you!
Surely the cyclist “died
Surely the cyclist “died after crashing into parked parked lorry”? “Killed after crashing into parked lorry” suggests a third party killed him after the accident.
My condolences to the
My condolences to the bereaved.
Mods. Can we get a re-do on the comments for this story? I dread to think what a relative or friend of Mr Job would think if they came by the site.
Terrible accident- I hope nsw
(Edited) I guess that the important question is whether the truck was legally parked, or just parked appropriately. Given how well we all think of the Australian police and their attitude towards cyclists, I hope it is looked into properly.
brooksby wrote:
It is of no consideration how it was parked. If it was considered a danger the race should have been neutralised by the organisers. I appreciate everyone wants to blame the lorry as they are so often the threat (when driving) but the safety of the riders in this instance was the responsibility of the race.
To inform you all family have
To inform you all family have located this and I would appreciate if you have no sympathetic words to say about my uncle then dont make a comment. It is disgusting and heartbreaking to see such comments regarding his death. I truly hope admin or someone will remove the above comments.