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Cyclist Kay Wolfe - Source: ONE News -
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Five cyclists have now died on New Zealand roads in five days, with police confirming this morning that the Morrinsville crash on Sunday, that claimed two cyclists' lives, has now claimed another.
Kay Heather Wolfe, 45, died this morning in Waikato Hospital.
She had been one of 10 cyclists riding with the Morrinsville Wheelers Cycling Club when a car driven by a 23-year-old woman crossed the centreline and crashed into the group.
Two male cyclists, Mark Andrew Ferguson, 46, and Wilhelm Muller, 71, died at the scene, while Wolfe suffered critical injuries and was taken to Waikato Hospital.
A fourth cyclist suffered minor injuries while the driver was also taken to hospital.
Acting Waikato Road Policing Manager, Senior sergeant Jeff Penno, said Wolfe's death meant Sunday's crash was the second three-person fatality incident in the Waikato this year.
"We've also had four double fatalities and people will be aware that the Waikato has suffered seven deaths resulting from crashes over five days."
Wolfe's death brings the total number of cyclists killed to five in five days, after UK citizen Jane Mary Bishop died on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last night.
The 27-year-old swerved to avoid an opening door of a parked car and fell underneath the wheels of a truck.Another cyclist, Patricia Anne Veronica Fraser, 34, from Longburn died in Palmerston North on Saturday during a training ride for the Lake Taupo cycle race.
Some believe New Zealand's biggest cycle event is responsible for the rise in the number of cycle incidents. Dave, a cyclist who survived an incident on Auckland's Tamaki Drive last year, says many people are training for the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge next week.
He says the attitude of NZ drivers toward cyclists is appalling when compared with European countries.
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