Bicyclist dies after being struck by vehicle in Rolling Meadows
Posted December 18, 2024 8:27 am
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.
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