Melissa Hoskins, a two-time Olympian in track cycling, has died after being hit by a car in Adelaide, South Australia, the Australian Olympic Committee announced Sunday evening. She was 32.
“The AOC has expressed the utmost sadness at the loss of Olympic cyclist Melissa Hoskins after the tragic events in Adelaide,” the committee said. “Our condolences go to Melissa’s family, friends and the cycling community at this extremely difficult time.”
Hoskins’s husband, Rohan Dennis, a fellow cyclist, has been charged with “causing death by dangerous driving, driving without due care and endangering life,” according to ABC, Australia’s national broadcaster.
