On October 25, 2012, at about 8am, Swan River RCMP and the Parkland EMS were dispatched to a collision involving a car and a cyclist at Main street and 5th Avenue, in Swan River, Manitoba.
RCMP report that a 2003 Chevrolet Impala was traveling south on 5th Avenue, when a westbound cyclist cut across the path of the Impala at a pedestrian cross walk on Main street. At that time, both the bicycle and the motor vehicle collided with the vehicle having the right of way.
Police say that the vehicle driver, a 21-year-old Swan River resident, was shaken up, but fine. The 38-year-old cyclist, also a Swan River resident, was transported to the Swan Valley Health Centre with serious but non-life threatening injury.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor and visibility was low due to the time of day.
RCMP would like to remind the public that cyclists should wear reflective gear when visibility is not optimal. Cyclists, when using a pedestrian cross walk, must walk their bicycle across when legal and safe to do so.
