Truck strikes bicycle; no major injuries reported

A cyclist gathers his bicycle from the pavement following an accident involving the cyclist and a truck driven by a Wichita couple, right, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008 at the intersection of Sixth and Kentucky streets.

No major injuries were reported after a truck struck a bicyclist who was pulling a trailer/stroller with a small child in it on Saturday along Sixth Street near Constant Park.

The accident occurred about 2:20 p.m. The truck driven by Shawn Tremblay, of Wichita, was westbound on Sixth Street and attempting to turn north into a drive when it struck the bicycle, which was on the sidewalk crossing the drive, according to Caroline Tremblay, a passenger in the truck. Tremblay said the man on the bicycle was thrown off it.

A Wichita man on the scene who declined to give his name said he was the father of the 2-year-old girl who was in the bicycle trailer. He said the bicyclist was his girlfriend’s father and the group was returning from a trip to the Kansas River levee. He said he was in a vehicle and saw the accident in his rearview mirror. Neither the bicyclist nor the girl were transported to the hospital by ambulance, but were expected to be taken by private vehicle for a checkup.