A 70-year-old Aberdeen man was sent to the hospital after a collision between a truck and bicycle at the intersection of Simpson Avenue and Jeffries Street Monday afternoon.

When Aberdeen police and fire personnel arrived at the scene around 1:20 p.m. they found the man lying on the roadway south of the intersection, said Aberdeen Police Lt. C.J. Chastain, and his bicycle with a bent front wheel.

“The 51-year-old Aberdeen woman who was driving the pickup explained she never saw the bicycle before the collision,” said Chastain. “She reported she had stopped at the southbound stop sign on Jeffries and waited for traffic to clear. As she crossed Simpson the bicyclist struck the driver’s side of the pickup at the left front wheel, and the rider went to the ground.”

Chastain said the cyclist had been riding westbound, against traffic, on the south shoulder of Simpson Avenue.

The left lane of Simpson Avenue was blocked for about a half hour while emergency personnel prepared the rider for transport to the hospital. The collision is still under investigation, said Chastain.