NSW: Cyclists's death brings NSW holiday toll to eight

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2008
NSW: Cyclists's death brings NSW holiday toll to eight

SYDNEY, Dec 28 AAP - The NSW holiday road toll has risen to eight with the death of
a cyclist after an accident in Sydney's east.

Police say the 36-year-old man was cycling along Alexander Street, Coogee, at about
5.45pm on Saturday when he collided with a car driven by a 31-year-old woman at the intersection
of Dudley Street.

He suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the Prince of Wales Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead late on Saturday night.

His death takes the national holiday road toll to 34.

(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January
2. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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