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UPDATE: Bicyclist In Stable Condition After Riding Into Back Of SUV

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A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

A bicyclist struck by an automobile on Montauk Highway in Quogue at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday had to be airlifted to a local hospital. NEIL SALVAGGIO

authorKyle Campbell on Jul 10, 2013
Update: 10 a.m. Thursday Police identified the bicyclist injured in a collision with an SUV on Montauak Highway yesterday as 72-year-old Benjamin Klapper of Quogue. Mr. Klapper was airlifted to... more

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