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Bicyclist critically injured after riding into truck Thursday afternoon in KCMO

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A bicyclist suffered life-threatening injuries when he struck a truck at a busy Kansas City, Missouri, intersection.

Police say the accident happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday at Truman Road and Kensington Avenue.

A man on a bicycle was riding north on Kensington Avenue while carrying a large pot, according to KCMO police.

The man failed to stop his bicycle at a stop sign and rode onto Truman Road into a Freightliner 108SD truck.

The impact knocked the man from his bicycle.

KCPD report the driver and passenger in the truck were not injured.