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AusTexMurf

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Woman cyclist has heart attack and hits parked car on S. 1st, 10/16/16

Cyclist critically injured after colliding with vehicle Sunday 10/16/16

Mary Huber  Austin Community Newspapers Staff
5:58 p.m Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016  Local News

A cyclist was taken to the hospital Sunday morning with critical injuries after colliding with a vehicle in South Austin, officials said.

Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the crash at 4600 South First Street at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. A woman, believed to be in her 40s, was taken by medics to St. David South Austin Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, EMS said.

The LIVESTRONG Foundation confirmed later that one of its cyclists, registered in the 20-mile ride, had suffered a heart attack Sunday morning and collapsed into a parked vehicle on South First Street....

CBS Report Here
Cyclist critically injured in crash with vehicle
by CBS Austin Sunday, October 16th 2016
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AUSTIN, Texas — A cyclist suffered critical, life-threatening injuries in a crash with a vehicle Sunday morning.
It happened in the 4600 block of South 1st Street at about 9:30 a.m....

Edited to add:
The Statesman article first grabbed my attention because the incident occurred about 1/2 mile from our home. Interesting to note that neither article says where the car was parked on S 1st St. One article says collapsed and the other says collided. Statesman described as life threatening injuries from a collapse into car. CBS just says transported to S Austin hospital after colliding. Not at all clear on what really happened. A bit typical with mainstream media, particularly around bicycle collisions and rider injuries sustained.

Last edited by AusTexMurf (2016-10-18 01:14:28)