Toronto police say the 71-year-old cyclist killed after colliding with a parked vehicle near Dupont and Christie streets on Tuesday had the right of way.

Const. Clint Stibbe had originally reported the cyclist was splitting the lane between parked cars and the vehicles that were in the left lane when he tried to dodge what he thought was going to be a crash, riding straight into the back of a parked minivan.

“The bicycle was actually splitting the lane between the parked cars and the vehicles that were in the left lane,” Stibbe said on Tuesday.

“The cyclist was travelling at a high rate of speed, so that would jive with the amount of injury that individual suffered. If this was a low-speed collision, that likely wouldn’t have occurred. Damage to the cycling equipment that he had on was quite severe.”

Stibbe now said other factors contributed to the crash.

RE:Cyclist fatal lst night,I was wrong,cyclist hd right of way,didn't hve 2 stop 4car,othr factors contributed 2 crash-Inv ongoing @680NEWS — Clint Stibbe (@TrafficServices) July 6, 2016

The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, killing the 71-year-old cyclist.

A cyclist died after colliding with a parked minivan on Dupont Street in Toronto on July 5, 2016. CITYNEWS/Hugues Cormier

The cyclist, who had been wearing a helmet, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and pronounced dead soon after.

Stibbe said he’s the first cyclist to die in a crash this year.