RAGBRAI riders in good condition after being hit while riding

SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two bicyclists participating in The Des Moines Register’s annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa have been injured in collision with a car near Sac City in northwest Iowa.

The Sac County Sheriff’s Office says the two bicyclists were hit while riding about four miles south of Sac City around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The office says Michael Judd, 66, of Sac City told deputies he didn’t see the bicycles. Neither bicycle had a headlamp or rear lamp.

Dennis Murphy, 38, of Urbandale was taken to Loring Hospital in Sac City, and then flown to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. He’s listed in good condition. The other bicyclist suffered only scrapes.

Murphy suffered a separated shoulder and a broken elbow, said his brother Jeremy Murphy. Tests are also being done to make sure nothing else is wrong with him. It was Dennis Murphy’s first time participating in RAGBRAI, Jeremy Murphy said.

“We’re grateful that his injuries aren’t worse,” Jeremy Murphy said. “We’re asking people to pray for Dennis and his family.”

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