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6.05pm: A female cyclist is in hospital tonight after a crash between a car and bike on 11th Ave.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of 11th Ave and St John St about 5:30pm.
St John paramedics attended to a woman on the road for about 15 minutes before transporting her to hospital in the ambulance.
The woman's bike was lying nearby on the footpath next to her smashed helmet.
Senior Sergeant Glenn Saunders said it was a good reminder for people about the importance of helmets.
"That there is an indication of what would've happened to her head of she hadn't been wearing a helmet," he said.
"That would've been her head."
He understood the woman was travelling west on 11th Ave and turning right into St John St when the crash happened with a car travelling east on 11th Ave in the left lane.
5.41pm: Traffic is down to one lane after a crash between a bicycle and a car at the intersection of 11th Ave and St John St tonight.
The crash happened at the busy intersection about 5.30pm.
A reporter at the scene said St John were attending a woman who was lying on the road and a bicycle was on its side on the footpath nearby.
A car is parked behind the crash scene has a shattered windscreen.
Traffic heading towards the Cameron Rd intersection is down to one lane.
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