Bicyclist swerves into CTA bus on Near West Side

The man, 25, was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

A CTA bus

Sun-Times file

A bicyclist swerved into a CTA bus early Monday morning on the Near West Side.

The 25-year-old man was riding north in the 900 block of South Racine in Little Italy when he struck the rear right tires of a CTA bus about 1:55 a.m., Chicago police said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital with injuries to his legs and was listed in critical condition, police said. His name hasn’t been released yet.

The bus driver wasn’t injured, and there were no passengers on the bus, police said.

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