A collision between a vehicle and a bicyclist on Clipper Gap Road sent a Newcastle man to the hospital with head and body injuries late Wednesday morning.

At about 11:42 a.m., 61-year-old Richard De Glymes was riding his bicycle when it collided with a pickup truck at the onramp for westbound Interstate 80 on Clipper Gap Road.

De Glymes was traveling east, approaching the onramp at about 30 mph when, for reasons under investigation, the driver of a 1998 blue Chevy pickup truck turned left in front of the bicycle, according to California Highway Patrol Officer David Montijo.

De Glymes reportedly hit the right side of the truck and was ejected from his bicycle, Montijo said.

The collision caused “major damage” to the windshield and right side of the truck, Montijo said. The front end of De Glymes’ carbon fiber bike, “broke apart,” Montijo added.

The driver of the truck, Christopher Howell, 54, of Colfax, was not injured.

Montijo said Howell was driving at about 15 mph westbound on Clipper Gap Road, just east of Lake Arthur Road, when he went to make a left-hand turn onto the freeway onramp.

Placer County Fire and American Medical Response crews were called to the scene. De Glymes, who was wearing a bicycle helmet, was transported to Sutter Roseville Hospital with injuries to his head and body, Montijo said.

De Glymes was in “fair condition” as of Wednesday evening, according to Robin Montgomery, Sutter Roseville spokeswoman.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

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