Cyclist hurt during ride around the lake

A cyclist participating in America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride was airlifted to Renown Medical Center on Sunday with non-life threatening injuries.

“(The) bicyclist took a tumble onto the roadway. He was then hit by car,” Bernadette Smith with Douglas County Sheriff’s Office told Lake Tahoe News.

The accident occurred near Zephyr Cove about 2:05pm June 5.

Curtis Fong, who puts on the annual event, told LTN, “I know that when friends picked up his bike from my (registration) tent that he was texting them that he may be released from the hospital after an MRI that evening.”

No further details were available about the cyclist, including age and  home town.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report