Bicyclist struck and killed in Clear Lake Wednesday

(ABC 6 News) – A Clear Lake bicyclist was struck and killed in Cerro Gordo County Wednesday morning.

The crash happened at 11:15 a.m., south of the intersection of 27th Street and Grouse Avenue.

The Iowa State Patrol says a 58-year-old bicyclist from Clear Lake was riding south on Grouse Avenue and was struck by a pickup truck also headed south driven by Carroll Etchen, 94 of Clear Lake.

The crash report says the pickup struck the bicyclist in the right-hand lane and resulted in fatal injuries.

The identity of the bicyclist has not been released.

Clear Lake police and fire, the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, and Lake Towing assisted at the scene.