POLK COUNTY, Iowa — A cyclist on the High Trestle Trail was killed Thursday morning after being hit by a dump truck while crossing a road east of Polk City.
Lt. Mark Chance, Public Information Officer for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, said the collision happened between 10:00 a.m. and 10:10 a.m. The cyclist, a 44-year-old woman, was traveling southeast on the High Trestle Trail on a recumbent tricycle when she was struck by a dump truck hauling a trailer while crossing NW 44th Street.
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The dump truck was traveling southbound on NW 44th Street between NW 126th Ave. and NW 118th Avenue at the time of the collision.
The cyclist was pronounced dead on the scene…