One male bicyclist critically injured, transported to hospital, after he left the bike/pedestrian pathway on Alaskan Way and collided with a SUV.

A bicyclist was seriously injured last night in a collision with an SUV. The bicyclist was riding north in east side bike/pedestrian path on Alaskan Way near Columbia Street around 10:30 p.m. when he left the pathway and collided with a southbound 2003 GMC Envoy, police said. Seattle Fire Department medics treated the bicyclist at the scene before taking him to Harborview Medical Center with a head injury. The driver of the Envoy, who was evaluated at the scene, was not impaired, police said.

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