Albert Lea bike rider injured in collision
Published 8:09 am Wednesday, June 11, 2014
First responders from the Albert Lea Fire Department, Gold Cross Ambulance and Albert Lea Police Department assist Sandra Nash onto a stretcher Tuesday at the Kwik Trip near Front Street and First Avenue in Albert Lea. She was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea. Tim Engstrom/newsroom@austindailyherald.com
A woman on a bicycle sustained a head injury Tuesday morning when she collided with a utilities truck.
Sandra Nash, 55, of Albert Lea was westbound on Front Street on her white Bianchi bicycle when was passed by an International truck belonging to Alliant Energy. The truck was driven by Ronald Boyer, 60, of Albert Lea. Both vehicles were in their proper lanes, according to the Albert Lea Police Department.
The truck stopped at the First Avenue stop sign, then proceeded. Nash rolled through the stop sign, the report states, and struck the truck as it turned into Kwik Trip. The report didn’t indicate whether Nash wore a helmet.
