Serious Injuries in Commerce City Bicycle Accident with pickup truck
A male bicyclist was struck early Tuesday morning in a collision with a pickup truck at a Commerce City intersection, police said.
The bicycle rider was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, said a news release by Commerce City police.
A four-door pickup truck was going southbound on U.S. 85 around 4:22 a.m. when it struck the bicyclist going east through the East 69th Avenue intersection.
It was the second serious accident involving a bicycle in the Denver metro area this week.
A woman driving an SUV struck and killed a 77-year-old bicyclist on an Arvada road around dusk Sunday.
The Arvada victim has been identified as Peter Marks of Wheat Ridge, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Josh Lewis said Tuesday. The SUV driver has been identified as 43-year-old Teresa Albert of Arvada, Lewis said. The case remains under investigation. No charges have been filed, Lewis said.
