(ELGIN COUNTY, ON) – Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was called to the scene of a collision involving a cyclist and a transport truck on Monday March 16th, 2015. The collision occurred around 11:30 am in Orwell on Talbot Line (Hwy 3) near Springwater Road, Municipality of Central Elgin.
A 2005 Freightliner Transport Truck being operated by a 53 year old Bayham Township man, and a cyclist, a 67 year old Central Elgin male were both travelling west bound on Talbot Line. At the time of the collision the cyclist was travelling between the fog line and shoulder of the roadway when the cyclist’s handle bars were struck by the west bound transport truck. The cyclist was thrown from the bicycle onto the shoulder of the road. The cyclist suffered minor injuries. He was transported by land ambulance to hospital and later released.
The driver of the Transport truck was not injured in the collision.
Police are still investigating cause of the collision, charges are pending.
