SOMERSET: Bicyclist struck by truck

[B' Spokes: Is this a case of a disappearing shoulder in favor of a high speed left turn bypass lane? If so we need to get SHA to revise their design guidelines.]
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WESTOVER – Maryland State Police are seeking information in a hit-and-run accident involving a bicycle on Saturday evening in Westover.

The bicyclist was traveling north on the shoulder of Route 413 near the Somerset County Health Department around 5 p.m. when a black Ford truck drove past the bicyclist, striking him in the back with the passenger’s side mirror.

The mirror was broken off during the collision. The bicyclist was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for medical treatment.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call state police in Princess Anne at 443-260-3700

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