Police have issued an interim statement about the cycling accident at 740 Dupont Street last Tuesday. It says that a 63-year-old man was driving a 2012 Mercedes Sprinter van eastbound on Dupont Street while a 71-year-old man was riding a bicycle westbound on Dupont Street approaching #740. It says “the driver of the van was starting to make a left turn toward the driveway of 740 Dupont Street. For reasons not yet determined, the cyclist veered towards, and struck, a minivan which was parked on the north side of Dupont Street.” The cyclist received life-threatening injuries even though he was wearing a helmet and died. It seems probable, notwithstanding the man’s helmet, that his injury was to the head, which is how cyclists are most frequently fatally hurt.
