A 57-year-old bicyclist is hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle Tuesday morning on N.C. Highway 8.
According to reports, the man was in stable condition Thursday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
The accident happened around 10:16 a.m. when man was riding his bicycle on the 3000 block of N.C. 8 and was struck by a 88-year-old Lexington man driving a 1992 Dodge.
A trooper from the N.C. Highway Patrol said that the driver attempted to pass the bicycle by moving over to the left to provide room for the bicyclist. As he was passing, the biker swerved over into the Dodge and sideswiped it. The bicyclist was thrown from his bike.
The bicyclist suffered a brain aneurysm and stroke after the crash.
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