Fatal Bike Crash Kills 75-Year-Old Oregon Man

A 75 year-old man is dead after a semi hit his bicycle on Highway 46 just east of Alfred in Stutsman County.

The North Dakota Highway Patrol says the 44-year-old Daniel Blackman of Gackle, North Dakota was driving a 2007 Freightliner.

He did not see the bicyclist, 75-year-old Frederick Lonas from Oregon. Blackman hit him from behind around 6:35 p.m. Friday.

Lonas was thrown from his bike and landed in the north ditch of the highway.

The Highway Patrol says Lonas, who had been wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at scene.

Authorities say the crash remains under investigation.