On October 14, 2020 at 18:30 hours, the Rock Island Police Department responded to a single vehicle accident involving a bicyclist at 38th Street and 24th Avenue.
During the preliminary investigation it was learned that both
the vehicle and bicyclist were traveling were traveling northbound on 38th Street when the accident occurred.
The bicyclist was transported to Unity Point Hospital in Rock Island and later succumbed to their injuries. The victim’s identity will be released by the Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson pending notification of the family. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
The accident remains under investigation by the Rock Island Police Departments Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit.