KANSAS CITY, MO – A collision in Kansas City on Saturday morning left a bicycle rider critically injured, Fox 4 KC reported.
The bicyclist was hit by a city solid waste truck in the area of 79th Terrace and Main Street, police said. According to the initial investigation, the driver of the truck was heading eastbound shortly before 10:20 a.m. and failed to stop at the stop sign. The truck then struck the bicyclist, who was going south on Main Street.
The bicycle rider was taken to an area hospital in critical condition.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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