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Bicyclist dead after being hit by car in Pinellas Park

 
Published Jan. 20, 2018

PINELLAS PARK — A bicyclist is dead after he was hit by a car just before 10 a.m. Saturday morning, police said.

Police were still investigating the crash in the 8700 block of 49th Street N late Saturday morning.

Police shut down northbound 49th Street N between 86th and 88th Avenues. Southbound traffic on 49th Street N was still open as of 11 a.m.

Police said the cyclist was trying to cross 49th when he was struck by a car driving north. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the driver, an adult man, is cooperating with the investigation. Neither men were immediately identified.