A bicyclist was killed after a collision with a school bus near a St. Paul school on Wednesday afternoon.

The bicyclist’s family identified him as 75-year-old Alan “Al” Grahn. He has just finished lunch and was heading home to Minneapolis when the crash occurred, according to his son.

No students on the bus were hurt in the collision at Summit and Snelling avenues at 2:10 p.m.

The bus was carrying about 30 students from Ramsey Middle School at the time, said St. Paul Public Schools spokeswoman Toya Stewart Downey. Some of the students witnessed the crash.

“Thankfully none was injured, but definitely traumatizing for them,” said Steve Linders, a St. Paul police spokesman.

SEARCHING FOR A CAUSE

Preliminary information indicates the school bus may have been turning and the bicyclist crossing the street, Linders said.

Police who responded to the crash found a gravely injured man lying in the street, according to police. Officers rendered first aid and paramedics responded, but the man died at the scene, Linders said. He had been wearing a helmet, police said.

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Investigators are working to determine what happened, including talking to witnesses.

There was no indication drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash, Linders said.

CRISIS COUNSELORS TO BE PROVIDED AT SCHOOL

The bus driver works for First Student, which contracts with the school district. Police said they interviewed the driver.

Ramsey Middle School will have crisis counselors available Thursday and Friday.

“This is heartbreaking news and SPPS expresses its sincerest condolences to the family,” Stewart Downey said.

The Ramsey students, who are in sixth through eighth grades, were escorted off the bus and to Macalester College across the street, Linders said. Another bus then took them home.

POLICE URGE CAUTION AS TEMPERATURES WARM

The crash was the fifth between a bicycle and vehicle in St. Paul this year and the first to be fatal, according to Linders. There were 99 crashes between bikes and vehicles in the city last year, one of which was fatal.

“We’re just getting into that season where people are coming outside and they’re on their bikes, they’re walking so we all need to look out for one another,” Linders said Wednesday.

St. Paul police have been conducting a “Stop for Me” campaign, which involves officers joining volunteers to hold awareness and enforcement events.

BUSY INTERSECTION FOR CARS AND BIKES

Linders described the intersection where Wednesday’s crash occurred as “incredibly busy.”

Ethan Osten, co-chair of the St. Paul Bicycle Coalition, went to the intersection after the crash.

“It’s awful,” he said. “… This is not the first fatal accident that’s happened at this intersection. We’ve asked for years for the city to study a protected bikeway on Summit because it’s such a busy bikeway and so heavily used and because there’s so many crashes on it. It just hasn’t happened.”