A 69-year-old Albert Lea bicyclist was struck by a car Monday morning and was flown by helicopter to a Rochester hospital.

The bike rider, Sara Lucile Aeikens, received a broken left leg, three cracked right-side ribs and minor cuts and bruises from the collision, which reportedly took place just before 10 a.m. at the intersection of Greenwood Drive and West Richway Drive.

According to the Albert Lea Police Department, Amy Patricia Lundell, 38, was driving east on Richway Drive in a 2005 Chrysler when she turned north onto Greenwood and struck Aeikens.

Officials are still investigating which direction Aeikens was traveling and what might have been the cause of the crash. The report was expected to be completed today.

She reportedly ended up on top of the car.

Aeikens’ son, David, said she was traveling west on Richway. Her husband, Leo, was riding a bike, too, but he was farther ahead on the street.

Sara, who was not wearing a helmet, was transported by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System after which she was transported to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester.

“My mom took a pretty good hit yesterday, but she’s going to be fine,” David said. “She’s talking and alert. She’s doing OK considering what happened.”

She writes columns on occasion for the Albert Lea Tribune under the title “Creative Connections.” She is known for riding her bike to get around the city.

Look to the Tribune online and in print for more information as it becomes available.

David lives in St. Cloud and was back home to compete in the Shortstop Golf Tournament. Sara and Leo had watched him compete in the tournament.

At Green Lea Golf Course, David had heard there was a bike collision nearby but didn’t know it involved his mother until he arrived home and Leo was on the phone to the hospital.

“I was 15 minutes from leaving town,” David, a reporter for the St. Cloud Times, said.

He said doctors in Rochester said the leg will heal and eventually work fine again.