Dashcam video shows an Elizabethton police cruiser hitting a cyclist
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Elizabethton, TN - Dashcam video shows the moment an Elizabethton police officer attempting to make a left turn struck and injured a cyclist on the Tweetsie Trail.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), the bicyclist was taken to an area hospital after being hit by an Elizabethton Police Department (EPD) cruiser on Monday evening.
According to a crash report from the THP, an EPD cruiser was traveling on East F Street, attempting to make a left turn onto East Doe Avenue at around 5:37 p.m. During the turn, the THP reports that the Elizabethton police vehicle, a Ford Explorer, struck a man on a bicycle.
The operator of the bicycle, a 54-year-old man, was taken to the Johnson City Medical Center for injuries sustained in the crash, the THP said.
No charges are listed as pending in the report. Elizabethton Police Chief Jason Shaw previously said that the officer admitted he did not see the cyclist.