2 cyclists in Ottawa injured in separate collisions with vehicles Wednesday
Spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps told CTV News Ottawa a man in his 50s was struck by a vehicle being driven on Bank Street near Gladstone Avenue at around 10:34 a.m. He was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition.
A second cyclist was struck by a vehicle being driven at the intersection of Elgin and Lisgar streets at around 3:50 p.m. Wednesday. The man was transported to hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, Deschamps said.
The Ottawa Police Service says both collisions remain under investigation.
In the last week, three other cyclists have been hit by vehicles being driven on Ottawa streets, including a woman in her 70s who was pronounced dead at the scene of a collision on Mitch Owens Road on Saturday, and another person in their 30s who suffered critical injuries in a collision on Sweetnam Drive in Stittsville on July 22. Three people riding e-scooters were also hit by vehicles this week on King Edward Avenue and in the area of West Ridge Drive and Eliza Crescent in Stittsville.
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