CLEAR LAKE – A Clear Lake woman was bike riding today when she was struck by a flat bed truck, leading to a helicopter ride to Mercy Hospital.
According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol. 62-year-old Sally Bell was riding a bicycle west on 340th Street at about 10:36 AM when she ventured through an intersection at Balsam Avenue and was met by a 2008 flatbed truck, driven by 63-year-old Timothy Cole, also of Clear Lake.
As a result of the accident, Bell was flown to Mercy Hospital by air ambulance for undisclosed injuries.
An investigation into the accident is underway at this time. Worth county sheriff assisted at the scene, as did Forest City ambulance and Iowa DOT.
