An Ohio cyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident on U.S. 301 in Marion County.
At approximately 2:58 a.m. Thursday a semi-truck driven by 49-year-old Patrick Lee of Jacksonville had been southbound on U.S. 301, south of NE Jacksonville Road, when the truck collided with a bicyclist who was crossing the southbound lanes in a westward direction.
The unidentified 63-year-old bicyclist from Cleveland, Ohio was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Marion County Fire Rescue. The semi-truck driver escaped injury.
Authorities are not sure of the identity of the man who had been riding a three-wheel bicycle.
Anyone with any information about the victim can call the FHP at 512-6635 or 512-6644.
