Police: Fort Dodge woman dies after being hit by pickup truck

Police: Fort Dodge woman dies after being hit by pickup truck Des Moines Register

A Fort Dodge woman was hit and killed Tuesday morning while riding a recumbent Tricycle, according to Fort Dodge Police.

Melissa Ristau, 65, was riding her bike around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on a local bike trail near the intersection of 8th Avenue South and South 31st Street, said Fort Dodge Police Capt. Ryan Gruenberg. She was crossing the street when the driver of a pickup turned northbound onto 31st Street from 8th Avenue South and struck her, according to a news release.

Officers found Ristau unresponsive, the news release said, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Iowa State Patrol is conducting the investigation and will determine if charges will be brought against the driver, Gruenberg said. She was the fourth cyclist killed in Iowa this year, according to bikeiowa.com.

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