Critical incident team to investigate after cyclist struck by car at Casino

Police said they asked the cyclist to stop, but he kept riding and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 20-year-old man. Now a critical incident team is looking into what happened.

A cyclist has died after being struck by a vehicle at Casino. Photo: Bill Hearne

A man has died after being hit by a vehicle at Casino last night.

About 9.40pm on Thursday, officers attached to the Richmond Police District were at an address on Churchill Crescent, Casino, for an unrelated matter when they noticed a cyclist riding without a helmet or lights on his bicycle.

Police asked the man stop, but he continued riding and collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Churchill Crescent and Hotham Street.

NSW Ambulance paramedics treated him but he died at the scene.

The man is yet to be formally identified.

The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old Queensland man, was not injured and taken to Casino Hospital for mandatory testing.

The man’s four passengers were uninjured.

The Crash Investigation Unit is still at the scene.

A critical incident team from Tweed-Byron Police District will now investigate all circumstances surrounding the incident.

That investigation will be subject to independent review.