Endurance cyclist Mike Hall's death avoidable, says Australian coroner

Hope expressed that fatal collision near Canberra will be ‘catalyst for change’

The death of a renowned British endurance cyclist who was hit by a car while competing in a 3,500-mile race across Australia was avoidable, a coroner has concluded.

Mike Hall, 35, died almost instantly when he was struck from behind by a vehicle on a stretch of the Monaro Highway about 25 miles south of Canberra on 31 March 2017.

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