Cyclist in critical condition after being hit by pickup in S.F.

Via http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/29/BA5810VVSL.DTL

(05-29) 15:35 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A 57-year-old San Francisco bicyclist is clinging to life after being struck by a pickup truck at a freeway off-ramp, police said today.

The cyclist, who was not identified, was struck at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday while riding north on Bayshore Boulevard at the Cesar Chavez Street off-ramp to the Bayshore Freeway, police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said. The cyclist was crossing several lanes of traffic when he was hit by the pickup, which was getting off the freeway, Williams said.

The cyclist is in critical condition with life-threatening head injuries at San Francisco General Hospital. The truck driver was not cited and the accident is under investigation, police said.

Initial police accounts that said the cyclist had died in a hit-and-run accident were incorrect.