Cyclist Killed in Fernley.

This is a post borrowed from KTVN (Channel 2):


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Any way you look at this it's a terrible situation (both for the rider and the driver).  There aren't any details in the report here or at alternate sources and the investigation is ongoing.  At this point no fault has been assigned.

However, I can't help but not be able to get over this picture.  The article says the cyclist was riding in front of the truck and there is a pretty obvious dent in the front middle of the trucks hood and the bumper is angled down (which happens when you rear end someone).  I realized cyclists can swerve suddenly to avoid obstacles or for other reasons, but to get the to middle of this truck is a pretty big swerve.

Generally speaking when you rear end someone you're automatically "at fault".  Why isn't this the case here?  And yes, I realized these things could have preexisted on the truck prior to the incident.  I'm just posing the questions since a cyclist died as the result of the incident.  Either way I'm watching for the results of the investigation.