Former Australian cyclist Rohan Dennis, world time trial champion in 2018 and 2019, was arrested on Saturday for the suspected fatal collision of his wife Melissa Hoskins in Adelaide, various media in the country reported.
Authorities arrested the former athlete on Saturday after the accident and the athlete, who represented Visma-Lease a Bike and announced the end of his career in 2023, was charged with “murder due to reckless driving and endangering human life”.
Melissa Hoskins, aged 32, who was also a cyclist and had competed in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, was hit by a car outside her home and taken to hospital but ultimately died.
Rohan Dennis, 33 years old, was released on parole and will go to court on March 13 to answer for the offenses.
Rohan Dennis and Melissa Hoskins married in 2018 and have two children.
Source: DN
