The accident occurred on the main road heading towards Palma from the Horse Roundabout. Medics were unable to save the cyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cyclist was a homeless man who lived in a shanty not far from the scene of the accident. He was known in Alcudia for directing cars at the large car park on C. Teodor Canet in Puerto Alcudia.
Witnesses suggest that he must have been drunk as he was riding his bike in an erratic manner. He was wearing a reflective vest, but the lights weren't on.
On what was an unlit section of road, he was hit by two cars after the collision with the bus. The driver of one of these cars failed to stop.
The bus driver, who was given a routine test for alcohol and drugs (which was negative), suffered a slight injury, but was in shock, as was the driver of one of the cars (who was also negative).
This was the second fatal accident in Alcudia this week, a motorcyclist having been killed on Monday morning following a head-on collision with a 4x4. It is the eighth death on the roads in Mallorca since July 4 and the ninth in the Balearics.
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This is a fast road, not very safe even for experienced cyclists. But at night, without lights and wobbling about, that’s a lethal combination. Poor sod.