BMW Hits Bicyclist Off Route 3 In Rutherford, Police Say

A bicyclist was hospitalized with a back and arm injury after being struck by a BMW on a Rutherford roadway off of Route 3 Tuesday evening, Oct. 8, police said.

Cecilia Levine

10/08/2024 9:02 p.m.

the 2015 BMW M23, operated by a 30-year-old North Arlington man, was on the Route 3 west ramp and entering Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway when he struck the 58-year-old Lyndhurst bicyclist, who was heading east on the Thomas E. Dunn Memorial Highway around 7 p.m., Rutherford Police Lt. Craig Capoano said.

The bicyclist was taken to Hackensack Meridian Health for a back and arm injury. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

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