SPANISH FORK, Utah — A Utah man is dead after his bicycle collided with a semi-truck in Spanish Fork, Utah.
KTVX reports that Jed Jorgensen, 49, of Salem, Utah, was riding his bicycle northward on a crosswalk Tuesday morning when he ran into the rear tires of a tractor-trailer was making a right-hand turn from 1000 North in the eastern direction along U.S. Highway 6.
Officers said that the impact knocked Jorgensen off his bike, which led to him being ran over by the trailer’s wheels.
Jorgensen was taken to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The 63-year-old driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured.
No other information is available as of this report.
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