Bicyclist, 62, Airlifted After Franklin Lakes Crash, Elderly Driver Charged

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- A 62-year-old Franklin Lakes bicyclist was airlifted to the hospital with head injuries and a 74-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with careless driving after her car and the bike collided Wednesday night.

The intersection of Franklin Avenue and Commerce Street.
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Jerry DeMarco

09/08/2016 1:08 p.m.

Bicyclist Richard Sheeler was headed east on Franklin Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. when westbound Kiyoko Churchwell tried to make a left onto Commerce Street, Capt. John Bakelaar told Daily Voice on Thursday.

Sheeler was flown by medical chopper to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, he said.

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