28 Sep 2022

Cyclist dies two weeks after hit-and-run accident

12:48 pm on 28 September 2022

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A cyclist injured in a hit and run in Christchurch two weeks ago has died.

Police said Sean William Russell Innes, 45, of Christchurch, died yesterday morning in Christchurch Hospital.

Innes was hit by a car on Linwood Avenue on 13 September.

A 43-year-old Ashburton man has been arrested and charged with driving dangerously causing injury, driving while disqualified, and failing to stop or ascertain injury.

Police said further charges were likely.