An elderly man was knocked off his bicycle in Roaring Creek but according to latest reports he survived and is receiving treatment at the hospital. We stumbled on the scene as we were heading to Teakettle. The driver of the truck who knocked down the elderly man told us that he tried his best to avoid hitting the man. We start off with an eyewitness and followed by the interview with the driver of white pickup truck. Here are those comments.
Voice of: Eyewitness
"I was over there by that shop over there and I saw this white pickup was coming from up there coming down and then this old man was coming up on his bike and then I saw when the man was breaking (pressing the breaks) and the old man was on his bike coming up and all I heard was bang and he fell on the floor right here, he was like right over here and then he knock him all the way over there."
"I saw his head have a burst and his nose, blood was coming out of his nose."
Rosalio Morales, Truck Driver
"I was coming from the gas station, the gas station right here close by - me, my wife and my grandchild. When I was coming the man came out of that street there and then I came here and I saw the man dash out to cross the street. So then I slowed down that from over there and I am coming slowing down, slowing down and the man came out and when I felt… I hit me, I felt troubled because this has never happened to me before."
We will have more details on this case tomorrow.
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