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Lena bicyclist killed after struck by truck

Posted at 11:47 AM, Feb 26, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-26 12:49:57-05

A 59-year-old Lena man died after a truck crashed into the bicycle he was riding this morning in Oconto County.

At 6:36 a.m. today, the Oconto County Sheriff's Office along with Coleman Rescue responded to a motor vehicle crash involving a bicycle on Highway A one quarter of a mile east of Little River Road in the Oconto County town of Little River. 

A 39-year-old Lena man was driving a Dodge Durango on Highway A when he struck the 59-year-old Lena man who was riding his bicycle. Both of them were traveling west at the time of the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by the Oconto County Sheriff's Office and names are not being released at this time pending notification of family members.