In Northern part of  San Francisco, a Santa Rosa man was involved in a collision with a vehicle on Monday afternoon, sustaining life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police spotted 51-year-old Darrell Lee Spurlock unconscious at the scene of the accident at around 12:20, near the intersection of Santa Rosa and Colgan Avenues and was transported to Memorial Hospital.

According to Santa Rosa police, Spurlock was riding westbound, leaving Santa Rosa Marketplace Driveway at 1850 Santa Rosa Avenue, merging with the northbound traffic lanes and then crossing the two center southbound lanes of the street. It is adjacent to a busy 101 freeway entrance. Santa Rosa Avenue has three lanes heading both south and northbound at the intersection with Colgan Avenue.

25-year-old Cody Austin Gibbs, the driver of the gold Toyota Corolla that struck Spurlock was headed towards the southbound on Santa Rosa Avenue when the accident occurred.

Spurlock was reportedly crossing into the first lane when he was struck by Gibbs’ Corolla, said Santa Rosa police.

It is not clear at what speed the motorist was driving, but Spurlock was not in a crosswalk when merging into the southbound lanes.

Footages from the crash show that Spurlock struck the front windshield of the car landing in the middle of the two right and, southbound lanes on Santa Rosa Avenue.

Police said that Gibbs has a valid driver’s license. He stayed at the scene and is cooperating with authorities attempting to investigate the incident.

The victim’s injuries include major head trauma and his current condition at the hospital is unknown.

Police are requesting people, who have witnessed the accident to contact officer Jeff Woods of the Santa Rosa Police Department Traffic Bureau at (707) 543-3636.

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