A 61-year-old south suburban man died early Wednesday after the bicycle he was riding was struck by a vehicle in Ford Heights.
Ronald Sims was found by a passerby on the side of the road sometime between 9 and 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to Cook County Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Lisa Gordon.
Sims had been riding a bicycle on Cottage Grove Avenue near 12th Street in Ford Heights when he was struck by an unknown vehicle, she said.
Sims, of 16775 Western Ave. in Hazel Crest, was pronounced dead at 1:48 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
An autopsy conducted Wednesday found that Sims died of multiple injuries from a motor vehicle striking a pedestrian and his death was ruled an accident, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Sheriff’s police had no additional details on the incident or the vehicle.
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