Driver charged with forcing Ironman cyclist to crash

HUNTSVILLE — A female driver has been charged with failing to share the road after a cyclist in the Ironman race was forced off the road.

Police say that on July 8 at about 11 a.m. Huntsville OPP were conducting traffic control on Brunel Road during the 70.3 Ironman competition.

They say officers noticed a cube style van northbound in the same direction of the cyclists that were involved in the race enter the left shoulder causing him to catapult into the air and eventually landed on the hard gravel shoulder.

A police investigation determined that the cube van forced the cyclist off the road causing him to crash, then left the scene.

The medical support team for the event was in the area at the time of the crash and tended to him immediately. He was transported to local area hospital where he was treated with non-life threatening injuries and released.

A 47-year-old Huntsville woman has been identified and faces a Highway Traffic Act charge of Fail to Share Roadway.

Huntsville OPP would like to thank the public’s assistance in locating the driver of this cube van.