Man, 79, seriously injured by bicycle in North Clairemont

A close-up photo of a San Diego Police officer. (File photo courtesy San Diego Police Department)  A 79-year-old pedestrian suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a bicyclist in the North Clairemont neighborhood, the San Diego Police Department said Saturday. Just before 4:50 a.m. Saturday, the man was walking in the bike lane at 4700 Genesee Ave. when the rider collided with him, police said in a news release. The victim suffered a skull fracture and a brain bleed and was taken to a hospital, the SDPD said. The department’s Traffic Division was investigating the collision. –City News Service