Bicyclist struck by vehicle outside Clarkesville Halloween night

A man on a bicycle is struck by a vehicle on Halloween night (Rob Moore/Habersham County)

A man on a bicycle was struck by a vehicle just outside Clarkesville Thursday, Oct. 31, according to authorities.

Just after 9:40 p.m. Halloween night, deputies with the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office and EMS responded to the scene on GA 197 South near Lowell’s Tire, where they discovered an injured adult male bicyclist.

The man was transported by ambulance to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, according to officials.

Georgia State Patrol is investigating the incident.

A vehicle is involved in an accident with a bicyclist Thursday, Oct. 31 (Rob Moore/Habersham County)