SANTA ANA — A southbound stretch of Bristol Street was closed for about two hours Friday morning, Jan. 12, after a bicyclist suffered an unknown medical condition in front of South Coast Global Medical Center, fell to the ground in the roadway and died, police said.

Officers investigate near a bicycle where the rider died. The bicyclist suffered an unknown medical condition in front of South Coast Global Medical Center, fell to the ground in the roadway and died, police said. A southbound stretch of Bristol Street in Santa Ana was closed for about two hours Friday morning, Jan. 12. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Officers investigate near a bicycle where the rider died. The bicyclist suffered an unknown medical condition in front of South Coast Global Medical Center, fell to the ground in the roadway and died, police said. A southbound stretch of Bristol Street in Santa Ana was closed for about two hours Friday morning, Jan. 12. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Officers wait for the coroner where a bicyclist died. The bicyclist suffered an unknown medical condition in front of South Coast Global Medical Center, fell to the ground in the roadway and died, police said. A southbound stretch of Bristol Street in Santa Ana was closed for about two hours Friday morning, Jan. 12. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Officers investigate near a bicycle where the rider died. The bicyclist suffered an unknown medical condition in front of South Coast Global Medical Center, fell to the ground in the roadway and died, police said. A southbound stretch of Bristol Street in Santa Ana was closed for about two hours Friday morning, Jan. 12. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)



Around 6:30 a.m., the bicyclist fell to the ground on Bristol Street; several motorists stopped to help the victim, who was eventually taken inside the hospital, said Cmdr. Phil Craft of the Santa Ana Police Department. It is unknown if he was pronounced dead at the scene or at the hospital.

Police had initially thought the bicyclist was struck by a vehicle because several motorists had stayed at the scene.

Bristol was closed between Central Avenue and Hemlock Way until about 8:45 a.m., Craft said.