By Kim McDarison
The Fort Atkinson Police Department Friday released information involving an accident which took place July 1 between a motorist and a bicyclist on Robert Street.
According to the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Crash Report submitted by the Fort Atkinson Police Department, the accident occurred at approximately 5:18 p.m. at the intersection of South Third and Robert streets.
The report noted that Teresa M. Wilson, 46, of Fort Atkinson, was driving a 2019 Mitsubishi Eclipse and traveling southbound on Robert Street when she stopped at a red light at the intersection of Robert and South Third streets and waited while a bicyclist passed in front of her SUV in the marked pedestrian crosswalk. She then continued forward, hitting a second bicyclist, whom, she said, according to the report, she did not see. The bicycle made contact with the right front of the SUV, the report stated.
The bicyclist is identified as a juvenile from Fort Atkinson. The child was reported to have sustained “suspected minor injuries” and was transported to an area hospital.
No injuries were reported to the driver of the SUV. “Functional damage” was reported to the vehicle’s right front side. The vehicle did not require towing, according to the report.
“No improper action” was taken on the part of the bicyclist, the report stated.
Wilson, who, according to the report, was distracted and looked away, received a citation for not properly yielding the right of way at a controlled intersection or crosswalk.
The citation carries a fine of up to $200 for a first offense.
The incident, which occurred nearly two hours after a motorcyclist was killed in a separate accident on Madison Avenue, attracted attention on local social media pages.
A crash report from the fatal motorcycle accident on July 1 has not yet been released, pending completed and approved investigative reports, along with the reconstruction report from the county, according to Capt. Jeff Davis of the Fort Atkinson Police Department.
Davis also confirmed that an earlier report issued through the department’s police blotter, identifying the subjects in the SUV and bicycle accident as two women ages 46 and 49, was in error.
Information about the fatal motorcycle accident will be reported by Fort Atkinson Online as it becomes available.
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