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Police have named a cyclist who was killed in a collision with a 4WD vehicle in Invercargill yesterday.
Noel Eade, 61, was cycling north on Lindisfarne Street about 5pm when he and a Daihatsu 4WD collided on Tay Street.
Mr Eade was taken by ambulance to Southland Hospital but died a short time later.
Police investigating the crash called for any witnesses to the accident to come forward.
Mr Eade was also involved in a cycling accident on September 8 last year, The Southland Times reported.
He was one of five cyclists hit by a truck which drove through the intersection of Grove Bush-Woodlands Rd and Rakahouka-Hedgehope Rd.
He was taken to Dunedin Hospital's intensive care unit after suffering badly cracked ribs which collapsed on to his lung.
Cycling Southland president Steve Canny said Mr Eade had loved cycling and had contributed greatly to the region's cycling.
"It's a huge blow to the cycling fraternity ... We are very saddened by what's happened," he said.
- NZPA
