A police officer, on duty and in a marked patrol car, hit a bicyclist in Fort Collins early Thursday morning.
The accident happened just after midnight in the driveway entrance to a King Soopers, 2602 S. Timberline Road, Fort Collins Police said in a media release.
The officer, William Biberos, a three-year veteran of the department, has been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation into the incident continues.
Biberos was leaving the King Soopers parking lot traveling west into the driveway approaching Timberline Road when the collision occurred.
The bicyclist, Cherrelle Cruz, 25, of Fort Collins, was riding northbound on the east sidewalk of Timberline Road. As Biberos entered the crosswalk, the patrol car collided with the bicycle and Cruz was knocked to the ground.
Cruz was taken to Poudre Valley Hospital and transferred to the Medical Center of the Rockies. She suffered “serious injuries,” police said.
Cruz was not wearing a helmet and there was no light on her bicycle.
The driveway was closed about 6 ½ hours while traffic crash investigators processed the scene. An investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call Officer Drew Jurkofsky at 970 221-6555.
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