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Rider hospitalized after SW Kan. man hits bicycle with a pickup

KHPWICHITA COUNTY – One person was injured in an accident just before 2p.m. on Saturday in Wichita County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy Silverado driven by Dylan Andrew Stegman, 20, Marienthal, was eastbound on Kansas 96 three miles east of Leoti.

The Chevy struck a bicycle ridden by Tobias Martin Funke, 29, Germany, from behind after failing to maintain its lane of travel.

Funke was transported to the hospital in Leoti. Stegman was not injured.

There was no helmet found at the scene, according to the KHP.

The accident remains under investigation.

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