Bike rider may have suffered heart attack

<p>An elderly Ukiah bike rider initially believed to have died in a collision with a car Sunday afternoon may not have been hit, but instead suffered a heart attack, the CHP reported Monday.</p><p>The rider’s name and age wasn’t released Monday pending notification of family. But a CHP official said the victim apparently was a Ukiah resident in his 70s.</p><p>The man was riding west on rural Talmage road at about 4:15 p.m. Sunday when he began swerving for unknown reasons, said Officer Randy England, public information officer for the Ukiah CHP office.</p><p>He may have been having a heart attack and was thrown from his bike, England said. </p><p>A driver coming in the opposite direction hit the bike.</p><p>“It’s still under investigation if he was hit by the car,” England said.</p><p>The crash was just west of Sanford Ranch Road.</p>