A 73-year-old bicyclist sustained an open leg fracture in a collision in Point Loma Heights Thursday.
San Diego Police Department officers responded at approximately 1:47 p.m. to the 4500 block of Voltaire Street when the driver came to a complete stop in the roadway before backing into the driveway of his residence.
The victim, who was traveling east on Voltaire Street in the bicycle lane, failed to slow down and struck the side of the 67-year-old man’s vehicle, San Diego Police Department Officer Jose Perales said.
The bicyclist suffered an open tibia/fibula fracture and was taken to a hospital. Alcohol was not a factor in the collision, police said.
The department’s Traffic Division will be investigating the collision. Anyone with information related to the collision was asked to call the division at 858-495-7800 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
–City News Service
