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Bicycle Accident:

Occurred on 9/12 at 3:50 – Commonwealth Ave./St. Paul St.

Officers responded to the area for a traffic crash involving a motorist and bicyclist. The driver of the vehicle and his passenger reported sitting at the red light when the biker came speeding down the bike lane and struck the passenger side view mirror. The driver said his vehicle never entered the bike lane.

Witnesses report that the driver honked his horn then entered the bike lane as if to go around the lead vehicle at the red light to make a right turn. As he did this the biker struck the vehicle and was thrown from his bike.