ROCKFORD, Mercer County — A 58-year-old Rockford man was killed Friday in a rear-end collision on state Route 118 near Purdy Road, south of Rockford, Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey said.
The sheriff’s office received a 9-1-1 call at 1:04 p.m. that a vehicle had struck a bicycle.
The investigation found that James J. Riethman, 58, of Rockford, was ejected from the Recumbent Sun Seeker 3-wheel style bicycle he was operating north on 118.
Riethman was ejected in the collision and landed in a ditch on the east side of the road. He died at the scene.
Lawrence Meyer, 57, of Celina, who was driving a 1994 Chevy S-10 that hit Riethman, was not injured.
This crash remains under investigation at this time.
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