VIDEO: Maple Ridge cyclist collides with pickup, rushed to hospital

VIDEO: Maple Ridge cyclist collides with pickup, rushed to hospital

Mounties had another neighbourhood the western portion of town behind police tape again Saturday

  • Nov. 10, 2019 12:00 a.m.

For the second time in as many days, a neighbourhood in west Maple Ridge was behind police tape Saturday afternoon.

This time, it was because of a collision involving a cyclist who had to be rushed to hospital.

The incident occurred at 117th Avenue and 210th Street at about 1:30 p.m.

A cyclist and pickup truck collided. The cyclist flew several metres and reportedly came to rest under a parked SUV, described a witness.

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Local Mounties, paramedics, and firefighters were all called and a male cyclist was treated and rushed to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Ridge Meadows RCMP closed the intersection and surrounding area – in all four directions – for several hours while completing the investigation.

It was raining at the time of collision.

The driver of the truck remained on scene and was reportedly cooperating with police.

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