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A 42-year-old man died Monday when his bicycle was hit by a dump truck at Southdale Avenue and Overdale Road in Winston-Salem, police said.

Jamey Alfredo Thornton, of Motor Road, was found lying beside his bike in the northbound lane of Southdale Avenue, according to investigators.

Authorities say he was sideswiped shortly before 7 a.m. by a 2001 Mack dump truck driven by John Steven Hardy, 57, of Winston-Salem.

The 3600 block of Southdale Avenue was closed to traffic for approximately 4½ hours as a result of the collision and investigation.

Police say this is the 14th traffic fatality in 2019. At this point in 2018, the city had seen 17 traffic fatalities.

Anyone with information about the incident in which Thornton was killed is asked to contact the Winston-Salem Police Department at 336-773-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 336-727-2800. Crime Stoppers of Winston-Salem Forsyth County also has a Facebook page.