Cyclist struck in Hillsboro dies in hospital

Summary

Kerry Alfred Teufel, 47, of Hillsboro, was removed from life support at Legacy Emanuel Hospital on Saturday and was pronounced dead about 5 p.m., police said. He was labeled at fault in a Friday night collision with a car.

Story Published: Oct 29, 2007 at 10:52 AM PDT

Story Updated: Oct 29, 2007 at 10:52 AM PDT

Police car lights at night

HILLSBORO, Ore. - A cyclist who suffered massive head injuries after colliding with a car in Hillsboro on Friday died in a hospital over the weekend, police said.

Kerry Alfred Teufel, 47, of Hillsboro, was removed from life support at Legacy Emanuel Hospital on Saturday and was pronounced dead about 5 p.m., police said.

According to Hillsboro police, Teufel was riding east in the traffic lanes on Southwest Oak Street near Southwest 17th Avenue about 6:30 p.m. when the incident occurred. Christopher Currens, 34, of Hillsboro, was driving the same direction and did not see the cyclist - who was wearing dark clothes and no helmet and was straddling the fast and slow lanes with his bike - until his Ford Focus was very close, police said.

Currens honked his horn and slammed on his brakes to avoid a crash, and the cyclist swerved into the car, hitting the front quarter panel, police said. Teufel's body then flipped into the air and struck the pavement, causing a serious head injury, police said.

"It all happened very quick," said Lt. Michael Rouches, a Hillsboro police spokesman. He said he did not know why the cyclist swerved into the car.

Teufel was labeled on a police report as being at fault in the crash, Rouches said.

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