Cyclist/s Down Cedar Rd Steyn City

[love2fly]

I drove past a tragic scene on my way home from the Cradle this morning.

It looked like a MTB rider got hit by a bakkie at the Steyn City robot and it looked really bad.

I know that spot and have seen many cars speeding past on the left to miss the cars stopped at the robot, which with cyclists using that as their main route home is a dangerous situation.

 

[MORNE1102]

Hate that road. Some drunk p@&$ always skipping that robot or simply ignoring any rules. Hope the cyclist is okay. 

[Ncayi]

1 hour ago, MORNE1102 said:

Hate that road. Some drunk p@&$ always skipping that robot or simply ignoring any rules. Hope the cyclist is okay. 

Sadly the person on the mountain bike passed away. I don't  have details about what happened, but we lost another cyclist today.  

Edited November 1, 2025 by Ncayi

[love2fly]

Looked fatal. I saw what looked like 2 people face down under arrest but another under a space blanket and bike lying down. Heart rending to see. And JMPD 3km up the road with another stupid checkpoint. It's not expired licence discs that kill, it's moving violations!

[Sandro]

Absolutely terrible. Got this off the facebook Cradle group, not sure how true it is

[love2fly]

8 minutes ago, Sandro said:

Absolutely terrible. Got this off the facebook Cradle group, not sure how true it is

Drunk at like 11:00am. FFS

Judging by the damage to the front of the bakkie the speed was extreme!

RIP and condolences to loved ones

[Pendray]

Wasn't a drunk driver, was a stolen bakkie driving on the wrong side of the road in emergency lane fleeing police. cyclist was cycling up whilst bakkie hit him head on coming down the road

[Nicamers]

@Pendray please don’t quote things about this topic unless you are100% certain of the truth. There is a lot of speculation about what happened and I can tell you with 100% certainty your post is not what happened. 

[love2fly]

24 minutes ago, Nicamers said:

@Pendray please don’t quote things about this topic unless you are100% certain of the truth. There is a lot of speculation about what happened and I can tell you with 100% certainty your post is not what happened. 

I'm tending to agree that this isn't what happened. I didn't see any police activity and the 2 perps that were detained seemed to be under the control of private security. If I recall the bakkie was pointing with the flow of traffic. I'm just saddened that this **** happens. Drive Cedar Rd in morning rush hour and see the taxis and other motorists driving in the oncoming lane and at high speed. JMPD should scale down on the stupid roadblocks and move focus to policing moving violations with unmarked cars and camera's. Moving violations are what kill.

[Nicamers]

Very Sad. Something must be done. I frequent that road daily, and have seen far too many accidents and fatalities. 

[Prince Albert Cycles]

5 hours ago, Nicamers said:

@Pendray please don’t quote things about this topic unless you are100% certain of the truth. There is a lot of speculation about what happened and I can tell you with 100% certainty your post is not what happened. 

Keep us posted .

Dont know why I want to know about this because it makes me depressed 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

4 hours ago, Nicamers said:

Very Sad. Something must be done. I frequent that road daily, and have seen far too many accidents and fatalities. 

Every day cars and taxi go over the left shoulder there when the light is red at 80-100km/h - they don’t even slow down in the slightest. We need those yellow steel bollards there to fill that gap. It exists for emergency services but it’s too much of a risk the way it is now. If that shoulder is blocked the taxis will likely take the slipway to SC Boulevard then swing back in the oncoming lane and keep going along Cedar - but they’ll at least have to slow down to do so. 

[Pandatron]

I can confirm that three cyclists were hit on Cedar road. The driver  was detained on the scene by JMPD & Private security/individuals. 

1x Deceased
1x In ICU 
1x Minor Injuries

The deceased's memorial will take place 07 November 2025, he is survived by his Wife and Daughter.

[BigDL]

So sad. RIP 

[Paul Ruinaard]

So sad to hear. As someone who livedin Craigavon till recently and who has ridden up and down Cedar many hundreds of times, it is always frightening to hear that on an otherwise safe suburban street this can happen.  My condolences to the people and their families.

 

 

[love2fly]

13 hours ago, Pandatron said:

I can confirm that three cyclists were hit on Cedar road. The driver  was detained on the scene by JMPD & Private security/individuals. 

1x Deceased
1x In ICU 
1x Minor Injuries

The deceased's memorial will take place 07 November 2025, he is survived by his Wife and Daughter.

Terribly sad and tragic event. RIP to the deceased and speedy recovery to those injured.

Wishing strength to the loved ones.

I commented a few posts above and someone then DM'd me here asking if I had a pic of the vehicle, stating it would help with the investigation.

Firstly, the vehicle remained on scene so would have been photographed and secondly this profile was registered like 6 minutes before. 

Am I smelling something or was that a legitimate request? I'm thinking someone ghoulish or journalistic was after a picture?