UPDATE | The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday afternoon that the bicyclist, 30-year-old Clayton L. Place, died at a hospital after Tuesday night's crash.
ORIGINAL STORY | The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a collision involving a bicyclist who was struck by a car Tuesday night.
Deputies determined just after 8 p.m., the driver of a 2003 gray Honda Element was traveling westbound in the 2000 block of N 1400 Road when they struck a bicyclist who was also traveling westbound.
The driver of the Honda was a 70-year-old man from Lawrence.
The bicyclist was a 30-year-old Lawrence man and is suffering from injuries believed to be life-threatening.
Medics transported him by ground ambulance to a local hospital, where he remained hospitalized on Wednesday.
DGSO crash investigators reopened the road after midnight and are working to complete their investigation.
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