Cyclist struck by vehicle on Santa Fe Drive in Merced County

A 21-year-old man was struck by a car sometime before noon while he was riding a bicycle along Santa Fe Drive near the former Castle Air Force Base, California Highway Patrol officers reported.

There were no major injuries.

The driver of a white Toyota, a 33-year-old woman, was heading east on Santa Fe in the right lane when “for an unknown reason” she veered right hitting a man on a silver and red Mongoose mountain bike, CHP Officer Jeremy Carabajal told the Merced Sun-Star.

The man had no visible injuries, Carabajal said, and he was transported to Memorial Medical Center in Modesto.

“He was talking and I saw no blood or any broken bones,” he said.

The cyclist may have suffered some internal injuries, Carabajal said. He was not wearing a helmet.

Drugs or alcohol didn’t play a factor in the crash, officers said. There were no other passengers in the vehicle.

This story was originally published May 2, 2017 at 1:43 PM with the headline "Cyclist struck by vehicle on Santa Fe Drive in Merced County."