A 27-year-old man riding an electric bicycle was seriously injured when he rode off of the sidewalk in the Ocean Crest neighborhood and into a truck’s path.
The crash happened at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on westbound Otay Mesa Rd., a statement from the San Diego Police Department said.
The e-bike rider was traveling westbound on the north sidewalk of Otay Mesa Rd., and a 64-year-old man driving a 2020 Hino truck was westbound on Otay Mesa Rd. when the truck struck the rider, police said.
The bicycle rider was taken to a hospital and treated for a fractured femur and pelvis.
Alcohol was not a factor and the injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, the police statement said.
SDPD Traffic Division officers were investigating the crash.
