KALAMAZOO, MI - A middle-aged man was injured and being rushed to a hospital after he and his bicycle were struck by a car Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of South Rose and West Cedar Streets in downtown Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo Public Safety Sgt. Scott Smith said the cyclist and the vehicle, a Saturn automobile, were both southbound on Rose Street when the crash occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m.

"Sounds like they were both going the same direction, southbound on Rose Street," said Sgt. Scott Smith. "And apparently whether the guy in the vehicle did not see the bicyclists, I don't know. That's what I don't know yet. But the patient is going to go to Bronson (Methodist Hospital) to have some injuries checked on the lower legs."

Scott said the victim was in his 50s or 60s. The driver of the car was 76. Details about the men were not immediately available.

Among those first on the scene was Kalamazoo Mayor Bobby Hopewell, who is a former paramedic and worked as a manager at Life EMS Ambulance Service in the early 1990s.

"I was leaving city hall and I was coming through the parking lot," he said, explaining where he was when he saw the downed cyclist. He said, "I kicked into my paramedic mode and dove in."

Hopewell said he made sure emergency personnel was called "and just tried to immobilize him and make sure he wasn't moving around."

Hopewell was among city leaders to address the June 7 bicycle-pickup truck crash that left five dead and four badly injured on North Westnedge Avenue. Hopewell is a cyclist who has spoken out on road safety.

He sighed about Tuesday's incident and said, "Interesting, another bike accident."

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