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Dylan Smith, Dylan Smith ·

A bicycling UNM graduate student collided with a vehicle on Redondo Drive near Hodgin Hall on Wednesday night. The vehicle’s driver, Jordan Birttelle, called 911 and fire trucks and an ambulance arrived on the scene. The bicyclist was conscious and voluntarily walked to the ambulance. Birttelle said he didn’t see the bicyclist. “It was dark,” he said. “From what he told me, he was just kind of cruising along. You look for headlights. Thank God he’s okay though.” The bicyclist hit the side of the car and fell into the windshield. “I thank my lucky stars it wasn’t worse,” Birttelle said. He said driving at night requires extra vigilance. “You never think you’ll be the person who hits someone on a bicycle,” he said. “You got to be careful.”