Sacramento, CA : Bicyclist killed in collision with car in Long Beach on Thursday, August 31, 2017

A bicyclist was killed in a collision with a car near Long Beach’s border with Lakewood Thursday morning, according to authorities.

The collision happened on Downey Avenue just north of South Street at around 9:45 a.m., Long Beach police Detective Sirilo Garcia said.

The bicyclist turned onto Downey at a diagonal angle that put him in front of a 2013 Hyundai Genesis, according to a statement from Long Beach police Thursday afternoon.

Police said the bicyclist was riding in a northwesterly direction across the northbound lanes of Downey Avenue from the east service road of Downey Avenue and Hedda Street.

“Upon seeing the bicyclist diagonally crossing Downey Avenue, the driver merged into the (No. 2) lane of Downey Avenue to avoid the bicyclist,” police said. “At the same time the driver was changing lanes, the bicyclist made a right hand U-turn into the (No. 2) lane of Downey Avenue and into the path of the vehicle. The driver could not avoid the bicyclist and collided with him.”

The bicyclist saw the car at the last minute, but as he and the driver tried to avoid each other, they collided near the intersection of La Jara Street, Garcia said.

The bicyclist sustained significant body trauma and died at the scene. Police only identified him as a 50-year-old male.

The driver, a 20-year-old man from Hawaii, stayed at the scene.

A stretch of Downey north of South Street was shut down for the investigation into the crash.

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Bicyclist killed in collision with car in Long Beach, near Lakewood border