A 51-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured when he was hit by a car in Pacific Beach Sunday, authorities said.

The rider was struck by the car as he tried to cross Mission Bay Drive outside of a crosswalk or intersection, said San Diego police Officer Dan Lasher. The rider wasn’t wearing a helmet.

The motorist was traveling north off of Interstate 5 after taking the Garnet Avenue/Grand Avenue exit around 11:30 a.m. and struck the rider, sending him up onto the windshield and hood of the car, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Lee Swanson. The man suffered several abrasions, a broken arm and a head injury, Swanson said.

He was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment.


Intoxication is not a suspected factor in the collision, Lasher said.