Bike rider dies after crash with van near Clyde

5/7/2008

CLYDE, Ohio - A Green Creek Township bicyclist died late Monday at the University of Toledo Medical Center after he was struck by a van while riding in Sandusky County earlier in the day, the Ohio Highway Patrol said.

Ernest Pruitt, 75, was flown to the UT Medical Center, the former Medical College of Ohio Hospital, following the 5:40 p.m. accident on County Road 185.

Mr. Pruitt was headed southwest when a van driven by Elmer McClanahan, 74, of Green Springs, Ohio, also headed southwest, began to pass him. Mr. Pruitt unexpectedly veered left and hit the van. He was thrown from his bicycle, troopers said.