Police: Teen driver fatally strikes bicyclist in Bismarck

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck police say a 76-year-old bicyclist is dead after a teenage driver left the roadway and struck the man as he rode his bike on a sidewalk.

Police were called to the crash on Nebraska Drive around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Officers found the bicyclist unconscious. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police say a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl left the roadway and struck the cyclist.

The bicyclist has been identified as Donald Hruby of Bismarck. The crash remains under investigation.

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