Pedestrian injured in accident Monday

Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2016 9:51 AM

A Decorah bicycle rider was taken to Winneshiek Medical Center on Monday after being struck by a car.

Decorah Police say Jean Battles was riding her bike on Short Street when 68-year-old Edith Jacobsen of Decorah pulled out from Division Street and struck the bicycle. Jacobsen told police she never saw the bicyclist.

Jacobsen was ticketed for failure to yield to a pedestrian.