A cyclist has died after he fell in the street and was hit by a vehicle

Findlay police say a bicyclist who veered into a travel lane and was hit by a vehicle later died at the hospital.

Police say Dennis McCracken, 85, of Findlay was riding his bicycle eastbound on the southbound sidewalk in the 700 block of West Trenton Avenue at 9:42 a.m. Wednesday when he lost control of his bicycle and fell into the eastbound lane of traffic.

Police say the oncoming vehicle was unable to avoid the cyclist and hit him.

Findlay firefighters and Hanco personnel performed life-saving measures on McCracken, and he was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police say his cause of death remains under investigation by the coroner’s office.