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cycling74

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Registered: 2008-09-28

Posts: 61

Watch those trailers!

Just came up on a bike/auto accident right after it happened this morning at the intersection of 11th & Navasota right in front of Hillside Farmacy. A suburban with a flatbed trailer (landscaping) passed a cyclist westbound on 11th but as they approached the intersection (where the road narrows) the trailer clipped the cyclist and he went down. He seemed pretty hurt but was moving extremities. EMS and Fire were on the scene in minutes, but I had to call 911 again to get the Police out there. I left after I was sure a report would be taken.

Anyway, I remember a cyclist being clipped by a trailer on 360 a few years ago, and that cyclist did not survive. Be careful and watch out for those trailers.