Bicyclist 'clipped' by car

[Sal Atticum]

Somehow I don't see getting 'rear-ended' the same as being 'clipped.'

Bicyclist clipped by car near Fosston
A Louisiana man taking a bicycle ride along U.S. Highway 2 was injured Saturday after a driver rear-ended him, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

By: Ryan Johnson, Grand Forks Herald

A Louisiana man taking a bicycle ride along U.S. Highway 2 was injured Saturday after a driver rear-ended him, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

At 11:43 a.m., 69-year-old Patrick Sewell of Elm Grove, La., was eastbound with another biker along the side of Highway 2 about 4 miles east of Fosston, Minn. Helen Andrew, 67 of Lengby, Minn., was driving a 1997 Chevy Malibu and wasn’t paying attention, according to the responding officer, and ended up clipping Sewell’s bike.

The patrol said Sewell suffered a fractured clavicle and a torn ankle. Both Sewell and An-drew were taken by ambulance to First Care Medical Services Hospital in Fosston, and both were treated and released.

Andrew was cited with careless driving at the scene of the accident.

Reach Johnson at (701) 780-1105; (800) 477-6572, ext. 105; or send e-mail to [email protected].

[Plantains]

One of the fellows we were riding with the other month said lots of cyclists get killed in yellowstone when they get clipped by the RV mirrors.

to anyone on highway 2 tho... I would imagine a clip and a rear-end would have the same outcome?

[Sal Atticum]

Isn't the shoulder on 2 just as wide in MN as it is in ND?  One of these guys must have been way off.

I remember the yellowstone thing.  I almost got hit by a mast one time when the guy was pulling a sailboat.  As well as a potato in Australia.