Bicyclist dies after being struck by vehicle in Rolling Meadows

A bicyclist is dead after colliding with a vehicle in Rolling Meadows late Tuesday night.

Police said the crash happened just before 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of Rohlwing Road and Campbell Street.

Authorities identified the bicyclist as 41-year-old Rolling Meadows resident Patrick J. Houlihan.

Initially witnesses reported the vehicle that struck Houlihan had left the scene but eventually returned; the driver is cooperating with police.

Houlihan was conscious at the scene and taken to a hospital for treatment, but he died a short time later, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled Houlihan’s death an accident caused by multiple blunt force injuries.

The crash remains under investigation.