California Man Critically Injured in Bicycle Accident on Oregon Coast
OSP says at approximately 5:15 p.m., a bicycle ridden by 67-year-old Kerry Kunsman from San Diego, California, was westbound on Highway 131 near milepost 5 when it was struck from behind by a 2011 Ford F350 pickup.
(TILLAMOOK, Ore. ) — Oregon State Police are continuing their investigation into Friday afternoon's serious injury crash involving a bicyclist and pickup on Highway 131 between Netarts and Tillamook.
OSP says at approximately 5:15 p.m., a bicycle ridden by 67-year-old Kerry Kunsman from San Diego, California, was westbound on Highway 131 near milepost 5 when it was struck from behind by a 2011 Ford F350 pickup driven by 74-year-old Frank Bohannon from Oceanside.
Both bicycle and rider came to rest in the traffic lane.
Kunsman was seriously injured and initially transported by ground ambulance to Tillamook Regional Medical Center.
Kunsman was then taken by air ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland where he is in critical condition. He was wearing a protective helmet.
Bohannon was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation.
According to the lead investigating trooper, the highway where the crash occurred in a curve has two traffic lanes, one westbound and one eastbound, and there is no paved shoulder on the westbound side.
OSP troopers from the Tillamook work site are continuing the investigation. Trooper Aaron Butcher is the lead investigator.
The highway was closed several hours for incident response and collision reconstruction.
No enforcement action has been taken at this time.
OSP was assisted at the scene by Netarts-Oceanside Fire District, Tillamook Fire District, and ODOT.
Source: Oregon State Police
