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Police investigate major injury crash involving bicycle
CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department is investigating a motorized bicycle crash on Saturday that resulted in a man being seriously injured.
Sgt. Rodd Joseph said that just after 2:30 p.m. Saturday officers responded to the area of the 14400 block of Lakeshore Drive on a report of a traffic collision with injuries.
Joseph said officers found an adult male adult lying in the road, suffering from major head trauma.
Witnesses on scene told officers that the man was riding a gas-powered bicycle eastbound on the south shoulder of Lakeshore Drive when he suddenly lost control and crashed, Joseph said.
No other vehicles were involved in the collision, according to Joseph’s report.
Joseph said the bicycle rider – whose name so far has not been released – was transported via ambulance to Adventist Health Hospital Clear Lake, at which point medical personnel were planning to transfer him to an out-of-county trauma center when he was stable.
Upon inspection of the gas-powered bicycle, it appears that the bicycle suffered a mechanical failure which led to the wreck, Joseph said.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision or has any other information is urged to contact Officer Mauricio Barreto at 707-994-8251, Extension 324, or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..