On July 19 at 9:39 p.m., State Police in Lee responded to a personal injury motor vehicle accident involving a bicycle on River Road in the City of Rome.
Troopers at the scene determined a Chevrolet Trail Blazer was traveling east bound on River Road when it struck an unknown object in the roadway. The driver of the vehicle stopped and located a bicycle in the roadway, and an injured man just off the roadway. The man was airlifted by Mercy Flight to SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse.
Rome Fire Department and Amcare Ambulance assisted at the scene. State Police continue to investigate the accident.