Bicycle and truck collision sends Enumclaw bicyclist to hospital | King County Sheriff

A 60-year-old Enumclaw bicyclist was being treated at Harborview Medical Center with life threatening injuries after her bicycle and a truck collided north of Enumclaw.

A 60-year-old Enumclaw bicyclist was being treated at Harborview Medical Center with life threatening injuries after her bicycle and a truck collided north of Enumclaw Sunday, Aug. 4.

The bicyclist and a Ford F550 flat bed truck collided in the 37400 block of 244th AVE SE north of Enumclaw.  The rural county road is narrow and the collision appears to have taken place on a curve in the road.  King County Sheriff’s deputies received a 911 call regarding the collision at about 6:49 P.M. Deputies arrived found the bicyclist had sustained severe injuries.  The bicyclist was airlifted to Harborview.

The driver of the truck is a 19-year-old Enumclaw man.  Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the collision.  The KCSO major accident reconstruction detectives was on scene investigating the case.

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