Bicyclist killed following collision with garbage truck

ATHERTON, Calif. A bicyclist was killed after colliding with a garbage truck Wednesday morning in Atherton, city officials said.

The crash occurred around 7:40 a.m. when the garbage truck was driving southbound on Middlefield Road and turning right onto Prior Lane when it collided with the bicyclist, who was riding southbound in the designated bike lane.

The bicyclist, identified as Menlo-Atherton High School football coach Dylan Taylor, according to the Mercury News, was taken to a nearby hospital where he died, police said.

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