A cyclist is fighting for his life after he collided with a passing truck Tuesday in Northwest Portland, police said.

The man, who was not immediately identified, rode his bicycle out of a parking lot and onto the 2700 block of Northwest Nicolai Street when the collision occurred around 8:05 a.m., said Sgt. Chris Burley, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.

Emergency personnel rushed the cyclist, who had life-threatening injuries, to a hospital, Burley said. The truck driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said.

Sixteen people have been killed in traffic crashes this year in Portland, according to Burley. Nine of them were pedestrians, four were on motorcycles and three were in other motorized vehicles.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

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