According to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, a 40-year-old man was riding a bicycle westbound on the Rohnert Park Expressway when he failed to stop for the flashing signals and lowered crossing gates at the railroad crossing.
Rohnert Park, CA – A bicyclist was hit and injured by a Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit train on Monday morning in Rohnert Park, according to the authorities.
The collision took place at around 6:50 a.m. October 19, on the Rohnert Park Expressway.
According to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, a 40-year-old man was riding a bicycle westbound on the Rohnert Park Expressway when he failed to stop for the flashing signals and lowered crossing gates at the railroad crossing.
The train’s operator also sounded the horn but the bicyclist entered the path of the SMART train and was struck.
Fire personnel rendered aid to the bicyclist until paramedics arrived and transported him to the hospital with not-life-threatening injuries.
No injuries were reported by the occupants of the train.
Both directions of the expressway were shut down between State Farm and Country Club drives for nearly one hour as authorities investigated the accident.
The incident remained under investigation.