Sunday morning at 10:16 a.m. the West Goshen Police Department received a report of a car crash involving a bicyclist in West Chester, Pa.
When police arrived on the scene they discovered that the car belonged to the Westtown-East Goshen Police Department, police said.
Authorities said their initial investigation indicated the bicyclist was traveling north on South High Street in the area of the Route 202 overpass when it was struck by the police car, which was also traveling north on South High Street.
The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
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Police had closed High Street at the Route 202 northbound ramp and Stadium Road Sunday morning.
The identity of the bicyclist is being withheld until the family can be notified, police said.
This investigation is ongoing and being handled by the West Goshen Police Department.
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