Woman injured in bicycle crash on Front Street
Published 9:45 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/Albert Lea Tribune
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.
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Tim Engstrom is the editor of the Albert Lea Tribune. He resides in Albert Lea with his wife, two sons and dog.
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