Thanks for reporting this Carl. I talked to Brandy Ezelle of the city's traffic
engineering division and she confirms the details from the article. She and the
officer will have more to say at the Bike Committee meeting.

--- In EACycling@yahoogroups.com, Carl Morgan <cityplannermorgan@...> wrote:
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>
> Here is an article from the local news:
>
>
http://www.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/police_investigating_bicycle_bus_acc\
ident/71261/#When:03:04:45Z
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> Police investigating bicycle, bus accident
>
> DONATHAN PRATER
> STAFF WRITER
>
> Published: May 5, 2009
>
> A bicyclist has been transported to East Alabama Medical center for treatment
of non-life threatening injuries, according to police.
>
> Auburn Police and Fire Division officials and the Auburn City Schools
Transportation Director are investigating the circumstances that sent a 21-year
old female bicyclist to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries Tuesday.
>
> “The bicyclist was riding southbound on North Donahue Drive near the Camden
Ridge Subdivision,” said Auburn Police Division Capt. Tom Stofer. “An Auburn
City School bus was dropping off students along the road.”
>
> As the bus passed the bicyclist, she lost her balance and fell, according to
Stofer.
>
> The bicyclist was transported to East Alabama Medical Center for treatment of
non-life threatening injuries, Stofer said.
>
> A portion of North Donahue Drive was shut down for about 15 minutes as
emergency response personnel cleared the accident scene Tuesday afternoon,
according to Stofer.
>
> Carl Morgan, AICP, MCP
> 1954 Keystone Drive
> Auburn, AL 36830
> 334-887-0259
> 801-472-2649
> cityplannermorgan@...
>
>
> --- On Tue, 5/5/09, blakegill@... <blakegill@...> wrote:
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> > From: blakegill@... <blakegill@...>
> > Subject: [EACycling] cyclist hit
> > To: "Eacc" <EACycling@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 3:09 PM
> > Anyone know anything about a cyclist hit on north donahue
> > today? My brother in law said he came up on a guy that gad
> > been hit somehow by a truck. I was just wondering if they
> > were ok?
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>