A car driving on the side of Lookout Mountain collided with a bicyclist taking part in the 3 States 3 Mountains bicycle ride on a soggy Saturday afternoon, killing the bicyclist.
The incident happened at 12:18 p.m. in the 400 block of Ochs Highway.
The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Antonio Jose Desousa Ribeiro from Jacksonville, Fla.
Police said witness statements and evidence at the scene show that Mr. Ribeiro was riding his bicycle down Ochs Highway, rounding a curve.
At the same time, a car was headed up Ochs Highway approaching the same curve. Mr. Ribeiro lost control of the bicycle and drifted into the path of the oncoming car where they collided. The investigation is still ongoing.
In a second incident, a female bicyclist ran into the back of an ambulance on the Dade County, Ga., portion of the ride. She was taken by ambulance to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga.
Ochs Highway was closed to vehicular traffic after the incident.
Traffic was being rerouted to Scenic Highway - the road that goes by Ruby Falls.