POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Authorities have released the name of the bicyclist who died after being hit by a dump truck Thursday morning.
At around 10 a.m. the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash involving a recumbent style bike and a Des Moines Asphalt and Paving dump truck in the 12100 block of Northwest 44th Street.
The sheriff’s office said that the bicyclist was traveling on the High Trestle Trail bike trail and was crossing Northwest 44th Street when she was hit by the dump truck…