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85-year-old pedestrian seriously injured in Torrey Preserve bike lane

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - An 85-year-old man was seriously injured Saturday when he was hit by a bicyclist while standing in a bike lane in the Torrey Preserve neighborhood, police said.

The man was in the southbound bike lane in the 13000 block of North Torrey Pines Road at 9:47 a.m. Saturday when a 63-year-old man riding his bicycle struck him, said Officer Sarah Foster of the San Diego Police Department.

"The pedestrian sustained a fractured skull and a brain bleed," Foster said. "The injuries are considered life threatening. The bicyclist sustained a laceration above his left eye."

SDPD Traffic Division officers responded and were investigating the incident, the officer said.

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