Updated at 3:15 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2024
By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
A Salina resident riding a bicycle and a 2013 Chevrolet Avalanch pick-up truck crashed late last Thursday at the intersection of Otto and Hageman Avenues, leading officers to transport the bike rider to Salina Regional Health Center.
Salina Police Department Capt. James Feldman said at 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 64-year-old Salina resident Bradley Pigorsch rode northbound on Hageman Avenue when his bike struck the left-front panel of 33-year-old resident Thanh Tran's Avalanche.
"Thanh was driving their Avalanche westbound on Otto and crossed Hageman," Feldman said. "Then the bike rider, Bradley Pigorsch, was northbound on Hageman crossing Otto when he struck the left front part of the vehicle."
Although the report states that Pigorsch "struck" the Avalanche, the detail is about where the bicycle struck the vehicle, not that Pigorsche struck the pick-up truck first in the crash.
Officers then transported Pigorsch to Salina Regional Health Center for non-life-threatening injuries, where staff treated him and recommended possible surgery due to his injuries.
According to Feldman, the truck driver did not suffer injuries. SPD officers are investigating the crash at this time.
Salina Post will update the story as more information becomes available.
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