ER24 spokesperson Ineke van Huyssteen says when paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after 17h00, they found the man lying on the side of the road a short distance from his bicycle.

Unfortunately, the man was showing no signs of life and he was declared dead by paramedics at the scene.

“The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are not known to our paramedics, but police were on the scene for further investigations,” Van Huyssteen adds.

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