Officers close down the roadway as they investigate a crash after a bicycle rider was badly hurt while riding north on Santiago Canyon Road by the 241 Toll Road in Orange on Wednesday. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Riders wait by the side of the road as officers investigate a crash after a bicycle rider was badly hurt while riding north on Santiago Canyon Road by the 241 Toll Road in Orange on Wednesday. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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A rider talks with an officer during an investigation of a crash where a bicycle rider was badly hurt while riding north on Santiago Canyon Road by the 241 Toll Road in Orange on Wednesday. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Officers take measurements during an investigation of a crash where a bicycle rider was badly hurt while riding north on Santiago Canyon Road by the 241 Toll Road in Orange on Wednesday. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Officers close north on Santiago Canyon Road by the 241 Toll Road in Orange on Wednesday as they investigate a crash where a bicycle rider was badly hurt while riding. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)



ORANGE – A 56-year-old Aliso Viejo man died Wednesday, Sept. 27 after falling off of his bicycle on Santiago Canyon Road.

The cyclist, later identified by the coroner as John Wallace Smith, Jr., was riding west of the 241 freeway when he fell and sustained significant injuries, the Orange Police Department said. The man was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials said he died from blunt-force injuries to the head.

Police are investigating the incident.