A cyclist was hit by a truck on Stanley St, Parnell on Thursday. Photo / NZME
Mixing cyclists with high-volume truck and trailer units is "a recipe for disaster", says the chair of Bike Auckland, following a fatal bike verse truck collision in Parnell this afternoon.
Emergency teams responded to a crash on Stanley St about 1.40pm. Police confirmed at 3.20pm a person had died.
Bike Auckland chairwoman Barb Cuthbert said Stanley St was dangerous for cyclists because the road was a major port access, often with heavy truck traffic.
"What we have is a lot of truck and trailer units accessing the port and they're big and heavy and unyeilding.
"Just by its nature that makes this street extremely dangerous for people on bikes.
"Cyclists try and avoid this street, but at times you have to use it, so this is the danger of that area and the danger of having a port in that location."
In 2014, 37-year-old cyclist John Tangiia was killed on the same road in a collision with a truck.
That crash occurred at the intersection of Stanley St and Parnell Rise, several hundred metres from Thursday's crash.