Crime & Safety

Bike Rider In Bike Lane Injured When Struck By Vehicle In San Diego

He was taken to a hospital with a broken left humerus, police said.

He was taken to a hospital with a broken left humorous, police said.
He was taken to a hospital with a broken left humorous, police said. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

SAN DIEGO, CA — An 18-year-old man was in the hospital Wednesday with an injury not considered to be life-threatening after being struck by a vehicle while he was riding an electric bicycle in a bike lane in the North City neighborhood, authorities said.

The bike rider was hit by a motorist who entered the bike lane at 9:12 p.m. Tuesday and fell off his bike at 5800 Del Mar Heights Road, the San Diego Police Department said in a statement.

He was taken to a hospital with a broken left humerus, the statement said. The driver who hit him didn't stop and was last seen driving westbound on Del Mar Heights Road.

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Traffic Division officers were investigating the crash.

— City News Service

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