Brunswick, GA : 62-year-old bicyclist died in collision with SUV on U.S. 17 in Brunswick on Sunday night, June 21, 2015

A 62-year-old bicyclist was killed Sunday night in a collision with an SUV in Brunswick, the Georgia State Patrol said.

The accident occurred just after 11 p.m. on U.S. 17 when a 2001 GMC Yukon driven by James Bramlett, 40, of Brunswick collided with the bicycle, the state patrol said.

The bicyclist, Joseph Wilson Jr. of Fortaleza Brazil, died in the crash, the state patrol said.

The state patrol said it is believed Wilson was a crewman aboard a ship that called on the Port of Brunswick.

The crash scene is in the southbound lanes just north of 4th Avenue and in a 0.7-mile gap in the concrete bicycle path along the highway. There is a paved three-foot apron outside the fog line, but it has horizontal grooves ground in it to alert motorists who run off the roadway and would be impossible to travel on a bicycle.

Many bicyclists who travel the route get off U.S. 17 and ride Lanier Boulevard, a two lane road that parallels the highway between 4th Avenue and Gloucester Street.

A state patrol Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating the accident, the state patrol said.

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Brazilian bicycle rider killed in collision with SUV Sunday night in Brunswick