A 57-year-old cyclist was killed when he crashed into the back of a minibus taxi on the Hendrik Potgieter road near Roodepoort on Saturday, ER24 paramedics said.
Spokesman Derrick Banks said a group of cyclists and a taxi were travelling in the same direction, when all of a sudden the taxi pulled over into the emergency lane.
The group of cyclists was able to move out of the way except for one who was at the back of the pack. He slammed into the back of the taxi with a force.
Banks said the cyclist sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene. - Sapa