For Immediate Release
Date: April 17, 2024
The Mansfield Division of Police is investigating a fatal crash that occurred earlier today at 5:37 PM, at the intersection of S. Main Street and W. 1st St. The crash involved a 2016 Freightliner Tractor-trailer which was traveling southbound on S. Main St and a single male operating a bicycle which was traveling eastbound on W. 1st St. Preliminary investigation indicates the bicycle traveled through a red light and into the path of the tractor-trailer which then struck the bicycle and its operator.
The operator of the bicycle, a 29-year-old male, was transported to a local hospital by the Manfeild Fire Department where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 48 year-old male, suffered no injuries but was transported to a local hospital for an evaluation. A Crash Reconstructionist from the Mansfield Police Traffic Section responded, assisted by the Mansfield Police Department's Unmanned Aerial System (USA/DRONE) and the Commercial Motor Vehicle Unite of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Additional information may be released at a later date. We ask that anyone with information related to the crash contact Sgt. Lumadue of the Mansfield Police Department Traffic Section at 419-755-9738. TONY ORENDER for MANSFIELD NEWS-JOURNAL.COM
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