A bicyclist died after being hit by an SUV Saturday afternoon in rural Linn County. It happened at 4:25pm in front of 11609 Linn Benton Road.
Authorities say the bicyclist collided with a Ford Escape. The rider of the bicycle was pronounced dead at the scene. Their identification is being withheld until the family is notified.
Traffic on Linn Benton Road was temporarily closed and rerouted while officials cleaned up the scene. Linn Benton Road has since reopened.
The accident is under investigation by the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Crash Date - Dec 25th 2021 4:25 pm
UPDATE
Dec. 26, 2021 at 2:38 PM CST
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the man killed in a car vs bicycle accident on Christmas as 76-year-old of Terry Zabokrtsky of Walford.
Authorities say a 2017 Silver Escape was driving northbound on Linn Benton Road, when it collided with Zabokrtsky on his bicycle, who was also traveling northbound. Zabokrtsky was pronounced dead at the scene.
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BIKEIOWA NOTE
Other new sources and obituary indicate Terry was 79 years old (not 76).
Although we despise the verbiage used in some new posts, we post exactly the verbiage from the new sources.
example1 : "Authorities say the bicyclist collided with a Ford Escape."
example2 : Authorities say a 2017 Silver Escape was driving northbound on Linn Benton Road, when it collided with Zabokrtsky on his bicycle
It was the driver of the vehicle who hit and killed Terry. Quit framing the crash to make it sound like a2017 Silver Escape was to blame. Grr.