Overview
- Montgomery and his 18-year-old grandson Tom Malcolm finished the six-week, roughly 5,300-kilometre ride from Broome to Bowral on Sunday and were publicly welcomed at the finish.
- He experienced a medical episode on Monday evening while returning from a celebration in Sydney and was taken to St George Hospital after the family car hit a side wall inside the M5 East Tunnel at Arncliffe.
- NSW Police and reports say Montgomery was treated in critical condition and later died at hospital, while his wife Jenny was treated at the scene and taken to the same hospital in stable condition.
- Montgomery had raised more than $300,000 for motor neurone disease over multiple charity rides and his latest campaign raised tens of thousands of dollars, with outlets reporting amounts in the $65,000–$100,000 range.
- MND NSW and the family have kept donation pages open and said they will consider a posthumous award and a memorial ride to honour his years of advocacy and the services his fundraising supported.