A Middletown man has died after he was hit by a truck while riding his bike in Texas Thursday.
The crash happened around 9:15 a.m. on U.S. Highway 82, a stretch of roadway where the posted speed limit is 75 miles per hour.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a pickup was traveling east on the roadway when it hit a bicycle, which was also traveling east, that had veered into the outside lane of travel.
The bicyclist, identified as 62-year-old Robert Hurd, of Middletown, died from his injuries at the scene.
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The 92-year-old driver of the pickup was not injured.
Texas authorities are continuing to investigate the crash.
