Cyclist died from accident injuries - police
Saturday incident in downtown Fredericton still under investigation, says chief
An adult male cyclist involved in an accident with a pickup truck Saturday died from his injuries, says the Fredericton police chief.
Fredericton Police Force Chief Martin Gaudet held a news conference Sunday afternoon to update reporters on a number of incidents around the city over the weekend.
Among them was the collision between a pickup truck and cyclist in the intersection of King and Westmorland streets in the downtown core.
He said officers responded to the scene at about 5:10 p.m. Saturday. The cyclist was transported to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital, the chief said, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
He didn’t indicate how old the cyclist was.
In a social media advisory Saturday, the police force noted one person involved in the incident sustained “serious, life-threatening injuries.”
Photos from the scene showed a black pickup truck in the middle of the intersection, with a bicycle nearby, and the chief confirmed Sunday a pickup truck was the vehicle involved in the incident.
He declined to give the gender or age range of the driver, but he said the driver wasn’t alone in the truck.
No charges - either under the Criminal Code or Motor Vehicle Act - are pending at present, Gaudet said, noting the accident remains under investigation.
“There’s plenty of witnesses,” he said, adding public-safety cameras also recorded the events.
The intersection was closed for about two hours while officers with the accident-reconstruction team examined the scene, the chief said.
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