A cyclist run over by a stock truck outside Dunedin Hospital was a senior lecturer at the University of Otago's Faculty of Dentistry, a husband and father of two preschoolers.
Dr LiHong "Chris" He, 34, was hit by a stock truck in Cumberland St on Monday.
Otago University Faculty of Dentistry Dean Prof Greg Seymour said Dr He left behind a wife and two young children, aged 2 and 2 months.
Prof Seymour said he visited Mr He's wife yesterday afternoon, he said.
"She was very distraught."