Emergency personnel tend Jacques Mullen, 29, who was struck by a truck while riding his bicycle Friday afternoon on Main Street. Columbus Police Department Public Information Officer Glenda Buckhalter said Mullen failed to yield to Richard Johnson, who was driving a 2007 Chevrolet C-1500 and pulling a trailer on Eighth Street. Mullen told police his bicycle’s brakes failed. He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, where he was treated and released.
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