(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak say no one was hurt and no citations were issued, following an accident involving a pickup truck and a bicycle, Thursday morning. Authorities say 19-year-old Zephyr Darius Richardson, of Red Oak, was riding his bicycle eastbound in the 600 block of E. Market Street in Red Oak, at around 7:38-a.m., when he turned in front of an eastbound 2001 Chevy S-10 pickup driven by 49-year-old Gunner Wesley Magaret, of Red Oak.

The pickup hit the bicycle when Magaret went to push his brakes, but accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal. The pickup turned sideways on the slush covered road and drove through a yard at 601 E. Market Street before coming to rest after striking a fence on property owned by Peggy Brensel. The damage amounted to $1,650 altogether.