{"id":1042282,"date":"2026-09-04T05:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1042282\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T05:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T05:39:20","slug":"second-rider-dies-in-hospital-after-multiple-cyclists-hit-by-car-on-canberras-gungahlin-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1042282\/","title":{"rendered":"Second rider dies in hospital after multiple cyclists hit by car on Canberra’s Gungahlin Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two lives have now been claimed by a crash in Canberra’s north last week, after a 39-year-old man died in hospital yesterday evening.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning last week, at about 6:20am, ACT Policing said a car “ploughed” into a group of five cyclists on Gungahlin Drive in Palmerston, between Wells Station Drive and Kosciusko Avenue.<\/p>\n

A 32-year-old female rider died at the scene<\/a>, while a 39-year-old man was taken to hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n

Members of the public, including an off-duty nurse and police officer, assisted the injured cyclists ahead of emergency services arriving.<\/p>\n

This morning, ACT police confirmed the second cyclist had died in hospital, bringing the number of deaths on ACT roads this year to 11.<\/p>\n

\"Bike<\/p>\n

A group of five cyclists cyclists were involved in the crash on Gungahlin Drive. (ABC News: Luke Stephenson)<\/p>\n

The cyclists were part of the ACT’s triathlon community, with the group last week describing the crash as “shocking”.<\/p>\n

“This incident is a reminder that the roads are a shared space and all we ever want, whether you’re a driver or a cyclist, is to get home safe,” ACT Triathlon president Lara Lever said.<\/p>\n

Following the crash, Detective Inspector Mark Steel said the driver of the vehicle, a 40-year-old woman, was assisting police with enquiries.<\/p>\n

No charges have yet been laid.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Steel said police were appealing to “anybody with information or dash cam footage of the cyclists on Gungahlin Drive, or a Hyundai Accent, light blue in colour, with ACT registration YND94Q”.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post today, ACT Triathlon acknowledged the impact the two deaths had had on the community.<\/p>\n

“This loss has been deeply felt across the ACT triathlon and wider cycling communities,” <\/strong>the group said.<\/p>\n

“In the weeks ahead, we will work together to support one another and provide opportunities for our community to come together.<\/p>\n

“Our strength as a community has always been in the way we show up for one another. Now is one of those times.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two lives have now been claimed by a crash in Canberra’s north last week, after a 39-year-old man…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1042283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4746,4740,4745,50],"class_list":["post-1042282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-act","tag-australia","tag-canberra","tag-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117211168084280226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1042283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}