Bicyclist Seriously Injured After Crash With Pickup Truck: Stamford PD

STAMFORD, CT — A bicyclist was hit by a pickup truck and hospitalized in Stamford on Wednesday night, according to police.

The 37-year-old Stamford resident suffered what initially appeared to be non-life threatening injuries, but once he was admitted to the hospital, his status was changed to critical and he was placed in the Intensive Care Unit, Sgt. Jeffrey Booth of the Stamford Police Department said.

The collision occurred at approximately 7:11 p.m., Wednesday.

Booth said the man was riding a bicycle westbound on East Main Street approaching the junction with Lawn Avenue when a 2014 Chevrolet pickup truck, which was driven by a 27-year-old Stamford resident, was traveling eastbound and tried to make a left turn onto Lawn Avenue.

The truck drove into the path of the bicyclist, who struck the front of the truck and was redirected into the side of another car that was stopped on Lawn Avenue, Booth said. The bicyclist was then thrown off the bicycle and onto the ground.

The operators of the two vehicles involved were not injured, police said.

The driver of the pickup truck was issued an infraction ticket for making an improper left turn, according to Booth.

The investigation remains open. Anyone with more information on the collision is asked to call the Stamford Police Department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Squad at 203-977-4712.