A 33-year-old Oak Park, Ill. man suffered minor injuries on Tuesday after riding his bike into a semi truck in the Town of Egg Harbor. The accident occurred on Bayshore Drive near Lady Slipper Road at shortly after 11:30 a.m. According to the accident report, deputies discovered the man sitting up in a nearby ditch with bruises and scrapes on his hand. He was riding with a 35-year-old Kenosha man when they encountered the semi-truck, which had also been traveling northbound on Bayshore Drive, begin to slow down and back into a driveway. The Illinois man slowed down and attempted to go around the front of the semi truck off the road, but ended up hitting the truck’s passenger side door. The semi truck driver, a 30-year-old Baileys Harbor man, said he put on his flashing lights prior to backing into the driveway where he was working. The cyclist was checked out by EMS and released after refusing further medical treatment and was warned about unsafe passing on the right. The accident was cleared by 12:15 p.m.
