Police have named a pedestrian who died after being hit by a motorcycle in Christchurch yesterday.
He was 60-year-old Nagaraj Mookkaiah, of Addington.
Emergency services were called to a crash on Blenheim Rd near the intersection on Foster St, at 6.37pm yesterday.
The New Zealand Herald reported that the man was crossing Blenheim Rd about 40m from a controlled crossing when the motorcyclist hit him.
The Serious Crash Unit was notified.
