Cyclist OK after brush with truck and trailer

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

POLICE have an inquiry under way into an incident that involved a cyclist and a passing truck and trailer unit on SH35 at Makorori yesterday afternoon.

Police were called about the incident at around 3pm.

“The cyclist was not injured in the incident,” a police spokesman said.

“We are inquiring into whether or not he was actually struck, or whether he was blown off his bike by the passing truck and trailer unit.”