BICYCLIST INJURED OR KILLED AFTER A TRUCK DRIVER TURNED INTO HIS PATH
WCCO recently reported a tragic accident. A semi-trailer in Minneapolis was making a right turn on a red light from 12th Street North onto Linden Avenue. The intersection has a bicycle lane, and the truck collided with the bicycle while making its turn. It is not yet known if the cyclist was going straight or also making a turn.
When the truck made its turn in front of the bike, the bike ran into it. The bicyclist, an adult, was declared dead at the scene. The truck driver was cooperating with Minneapolis Police, and was said not to be impaired. The Minnesota State Patrol is also assisting in the investigation. A police spokesman said surveillance video from the area will better show how the bike accident happened.
An October report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that, while deaths from vehicle crashes decreased from 2017 to 2018, pedestrian and bicyclist deaths are on the rise. There were 857 documented bicyclist fatalities, a 6 percent increase year-over-year and the highest total since 1990. Since 2009, the number of cyclist deaths in ‘urban areas’ has risen by 49 percent.
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