On Saturday, July 20, at 1:50pm, police, fire and rescue crews responded to the report of an accident involving a bicycle in the parking lot of the California Wal-Mart at the entrance to Checkers. Firefighters and rescue crews arrived on the scene to discover a 16-year old male bicyclist had collided with a car and was lying on the pavement. The cyclist was taken from the scene to St. Mary’s Airport and then Transported by MSP Trooper 7 helicopter to a trauma center for his injuries. One witness on the scene indicated that the cyclist was traveling on a bike path and had struck the car after the car had come to a stop at a crosswalk. Police continue to investigate.
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