Bicyclist Dies, pickup-bike crash near Cooperstown

Update…

The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, the bicyclist died from injuries on November 3, 2016, suffered in accident.

Jamestown  (CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports a pickup, bicycle accident Wednesday afternoon about 2:45-p.m., on Griggs County Road 19, two miles south of Cooperstown seriously injured the bike rider.

The report says a 2016 Ram pick up was northbound, coming upon a northbound bike rider.

The pickup driver 52 year old Rick Rahlf of Cooperstown attempted to brake and swerve to avoid striking 67 year old Leslie Ronningen of Cooperstown.

The pickup struck the bike and rider from behind causing them to vault into the east ditch.

The report says Ronnigen received life-threatening injuries and was taken by Cooperstown Ambulance  Service, to Cooperstown Medical Center and then flown to Essentia Hospital in Fargo.

The crash remains under investigation.

Assisting at the scene was the Griggs County Sheriff’s Office.