Railway and roads reopened after cyclist hit and killed at Ascot Park

A railway line and roads have reopened after a 41-year-old male cyclist was hit and killed by a train at a what locals call an “extremely high-risk crossing.”

The scene where a cyclist was hit by a train on the corner of Railway Terrace and Dunorlan Road in Ascot Park. Picture: The Advertiser / Morgan Sette

A cyclist was hit and killed by a train at a pedestrian crossing at Ascot Park on Tuesday.

Emergency services were called to a crossing on Sixth Ave and Railway Terrace at about 3pm.

The 41-year-old cyclist from Adelaide died at the scene.

Emergency personnel were there for several hours and the Seaford train line was shut down between Oaklands and Adelaide, but have since reopened.

Major Crash Investigators are currently investigating the circumstances leading up to the crash, and are urging anyone who witnessed the incident to call Crime Stoppers.

The man is the 44th life lost on SA road’s compared to 21 at the same time last year.

Witnesses said the boom gates were down when the incident happened.

Ascot Park resident and mother of four, Shazz Weaver, 59, said she heard a “big bang”.

“The gates were down and the train lights and sirens were going. There were cars lined up across here (road next to the crossing intersection) while I was talking to my friend,” she said.

“We heard a big bang. And I thought it was an accident (because) we have them here daily, if not a couple of times a day,” she said.

“It sounded like two cars colliding (but) cars were starting to pull up outside my driveway. I was looking to see what was happening while they (drivers) were getting out and going over to the mesh fence.”

Ms Weaver, whose dog has been hit at the same intersection before, said she quickly realised the incident was serious.

“People were starting to get very frantic and there was a lady there putting a blanket over the victim,” she said.

“And there were people around who had stopped (after) witnessing the victim getting hit, so I was just trying to help calm them down.”

The scene where a cyclist was hit by a train on the corner of Railway Terrace and Dunorlan Road in Ascot Park. Picture: The Advertiser / Morgan Sette

Emergency services are at the scene. Picture: The Advertiser / Morgan Sette

Services on the Seaford line have been suspended in both directions between Oaklands Park and the CBD. Picture: The Advertiser / Morgan Sette

Ms Weaver described the Sixth Ave and Railway Tce intersection an “extremely high-risk crossing.”

“I’ve lived here for nine years and this is the third person that’s been hit by train on this line here,” she said. “We get daily incidences with cars if not, several times a day.

“It’s all blind corners (and) there’s no way of knowing where people are going. I don’t know what it is about an intersection like this, but it’s two crossroads almost together.

Another resident Sally Brown, 45, and her mother June Rutter, 70, said they also heard the crash minutes after it occurred.

“It just sounded like someone was moving their wheelie bins or their wheelie bins fell over,” Ms Brown said.

“I saw a car parked around the corner and I thought it must have been it, (but) not long after all the trains had stopped,” she said.

“Then, I looked up and saw the hazards of the cars and then the ambulance sirens started coming up.”

Some train services on the Flinders Line were disrupted. Substitute buses were organised for stranded commuters.

Sixth Ave, where it turns into Dunorlan Rd and intersects with Railway Terrace, Ascot Park, was closed to traffic while motorists and the public are advised to avoid the area where possible.