Emporia Police officers say an unusual crash led to a hospital trip for a bicyclist Sunday afternoon.
A car collided with the bike in the 1000 block of East 12th shortly before 1 pm. Police Sgt. Dominick Vortherms says the cyclist was on the south sidewalk when he fell off the bike. A passing car then hit the cyclist as he was falling off.
Vortherms says Emporia Fire/EMS took the cyclist to Newman Regional Health with “significant but not life-threatening” injuries. The cyclist was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. The driver of the other vehicle was not hurt.
