Harrowing detail as CCTV shows moments before cyclist killed on Wattle St, Fullarton

A freak sequence of events has cost a cyclist his life outside a leafy inner-suburbs school, with footage revealing the moment the horror unfolded.

A cyclist has died in a crash on Wattle Street in Fullarton, on the corner of Kenilworth Road. Picture: Dylan Hogarth

Security footage has captured the freak sequence of events that cost a 53-year-old cyclist his life in Adelaide’s leafy inner suburbs, just a street from his home.

The man was struck by a car metres from Sunrise Christian School’s crossing on Wattle St, Fullarton, during busy peak drop-off hours on Wednesday morning.

CCTV shows the door of a car on Wattle St opening as the cyclist rides past, knocking him off his bike and into the path of a white Mercedes driving behind him.

The man was pinned beneath the vehicle and can be seen being dragged more than 10 metres along the road.

A 53-year-old cyclist has been killed after being struck by a car outside a Fullarton primary school. Bystanders desperately tried to free the rider, who was dragged along the road beneath the vehicle | @joshuacwebsterpic.twitter.com/7NJAF5ZNOi

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Witness Jenny White said she saw the man underneath the car before an off-duty paramedic sprinted from school drop-off to render aid.

“They got a digger to move the car off the man, I don’t know where it came from … it just appeared,” Ms White told 10 News First.

Ms White said she believed it was a child that opened the car door into the cyclist.

Wattle St was closed between Kenilworth Rd and Fullarton Rd until 12.30pm as Major Crash officers attended the scene.

Police at the scene of the crash on Wattle Street in Fullarton. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Brenton Edwards

The crash happened near the Sunrise Christian School on Wattle St around school drop-off time and peak hour. Picture: Dylan Hogarth

Major Crash officers were seeking to identify the driver of the small white tipper truck towing a bobcat/skid steer who stopped and helped at the scene.

A Wattle St resident – who did not want to be named – said he was devastated to hear of the crash but he was not surprised.

“It’s dangerous,” he said.

He said streets were too narrow for school drop offs with cars parked close to corners.

“The council has been spoken to about it … it’s a real problem,” he said.

“Something will have to change now. “They need someone out there controlling the traffic and to be forceful with it.

“I feel sorry for them, everyone involved.”

A resident out for a walk near the scene said he was sad to hear of another serious crash on the state’s roads.

“It’s never ending, isn’t it,” he said.

The man’s death is the 108th life lost on SA roads compared with 66 at the same time last year.