UPDATE: Man Dies After Edmund Road Crash

As put by Detective Sergeant Phil Wilkinson

Rotorua Police can confirm the man who was found critically injured following a crash on Edmund Road has died in hospital.

The man was found critically injured after having been struck by a motorcycle when crossing a designated pedestrian crossing.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Sunday 15 June at around 2.15pm, where the man was located and transported to hospital.

Sadly, as a result of the injuries received in the incident the 24-year-old man died in hospital yesterday surrounded by family.

Police and Victim Support are providing support to his family at this difficult time.

We are still working to determine the circumstances of the crash, and the events leading up to it.

Investigators are continuing to comb through evidence and information provided by the public, and urge anyone with information who has not yet contacted us to please do so.

A number of people were in the area and witnessed the crash, and we would like to speak with them and obtain any video and still images people may have of the incident.

Today, Police are releasing four additional images of the motorcycle and its rider, in the hope that members of the community will recognise them and contact Police.

The motorbike is believed to have been damaged in the crash, with damage to the front fairing. Family, friends, neighbours will notice a difference in the motorbike with either damage, changes to the bike or a motorbike that had previously been ridden in the street is now not being seen in the neighbourhood.

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