Bicyclist dead after crash with pickup truck in north Omaha
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A bicyclist is dead after a crash with a pickup truck in north Omaha on Saturday.
Officers were sent to the crash at the intersection of 72nd and Pratt streets around 6 p.m.
Police said a Ford F-150 struck a westbound bicyclist who had ridden past a stop sign at the intersection.
The bicyclist, 45-year-old John Turpen of Omaha, was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
An investigation is ongoing, police said.
