Bicyclist Badly Hurt in Accident
Posted/updated on: January 19, 2014 at 8:19 amTYLER — A Tyler woman has been seriously injured in a collision with an SUV. The bicyclist has been identified as Petra Spence of Tyler. Tyler police say officers responded around 3:43 Friday afternoon to the intersection of East Second and Belmont. The initial investigation showed that Spence, 52, was riding a bicycle eastbound on Second. According to authorities, she failed to yield to a stop sign at the intersection with Belmont and was struck by the SUV, which police say was northbound on Belmont with the right of way. Spence was rushed to ETMC with life-threatening injuries.