A Wellington man said he was 30cm from death when a Countdown delivery driver sped past him and through a pedestrian crossing. James Sullivan, 35, told the Herald he was out running errands on Sunday, cycling down Adelaide Rd in Berhampore when he approached a pedestrian crossing. A woman with a young baby was also approaching the crossing, so Sullivan came to a stop to let her cross. Caught on Sullivan's camera, the Countdown-branded truck blasts straight past him, so close he says it brushed his jacket, and straight through the pedestrian crossing. Part of Wellington's long-awaited Let's Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) proposal is to improve walking and cycling paths across the capital.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 29, 2022 01:47 UTC