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Cyclist Hit By Car in Lower Macungie

No charges are filed, but bicyclist was driving on dark highway near Alburtis without reflectors, police say.

An Alburtis-area man riding a bicycle on a dark roadway after dark recently was hurt when he was struck by a car in Lower Macungie Township, according to police.

Jonathan R. Kressley, 29, was riding the bicycle -- which had no rear reflectors --  on a dark Spring Creek Road near N. Main Street at 9:45 p.m. Sept. 5, according to . He was struck by a car driven by Harold L. Heffner, 74, of Mertztown, Berks County.

Kressley was transported by to an area hospital, police said. Police did not know the severity of his injuries.

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Neither driver was charged.

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